Email signals, explained clearly.

MailPixel provides a hosted pixel generator, private image-request reports, practical guides, and a link to our Gmail Chrome extension. The site is not affiliated with Google or the other providers discussed in comparisons.

What works today

The website can create a hosted transparent image, record requests, show a private report, pause collection, and delete a pixel. It does not send email, connect to a mailbox, identify a reader, or recover a lost management link.

Why the language stays careful

Image blocking, caching, forwarding, proxies, and background loading make every event ambiguous. We call them image requests rather than verified reads.

Gmail workflow

Raw HTML insertion is awkward in normal Gmail compose. The extension is the better path for recurring Gmail use. Website and extension data are not automatically shared.

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