Gmail to automatically display images

[Anthony_Pica]

http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2013/12/images-now-showing.html

Gmail is going to start automatically displaying images. How will this affect email marketing?

[Anonymous]

Check out this blog:http://blog.wordtothewise.com/2013/12/gmail-deploys-image-proxy-servers/

This definitely changes things. Once gmail user downloads an image, Google iwll cache it and will not require the next open to download the image. 

So, I think that the initial download will still happen, therefore that first open, but not subsequent opens. 

Anyone else have insight? Huge impact here.. 

[Anonymous]

I really think Marketo should chime in here and provide some insight/information, instead of leaving it up to us, their customers, to resolve this major issue. I don't see anything in Help Articles or Resources. I understand it's relatively new issue, but I'd like to see something that states they are aware of it, or are working on a possible solution, or something. Amything.

[Anonymous]

The main announcement thread is here: http://community.marketo.com/MarketoDiscussionDetail?id=90650000000PjhzAAC