I use procmail to automatically stuff every mail from substack into a substack folder which I usually delete sight-unseen. I just keep it around a few days in case they ever send me something I need to read, such as login links. I could automate that too, but *shrug* it has never seemed that important to me. So, yes, if I could turn off the email delivery, I would.
So if you are being told that I 'opened' your mail, that's not true, it has always been procmail doing that. But I honestly don't know how they get that information.
I've turned off my mail except for things like replies. I mostly read it on my phone (the website, not the app, because I can't read the Dashboard on the app), and do any extensive writing on the computer.
I read through from emails if the headline is interesting. I tend to read through the desktop interface when I am killing time. I read notes on the app on my phone. So... all of the above?
I'm another 'never use the app' person. I filter incoming emails to a folder but from there save a fair amount of posts to yet another folder - mostly for later reference to details that interest me, and also because I don't always have time to read everything on the spot and think I might have more time later (rarely happens but there ya go - someday it might!). I read a lot in email but also open quite a few in the browser, especially if they're long - or when I want to read comments, obviously.
For similar reasons to email preferences, I purge my subscriptions fairly often and try to keep the total to a manageable sum. I find a lot of new things via comments that strike me as interesting, amusing, or insightful on posts of writers I value, if the commenter has a stack and at a glance it seems to have possibilities [the way I got here]. For related reasons, I'm often reading posts (from emails or links) far later than any quick "open" stats would capture.
I don't know how or if those "opens" are counted, and don't bother my pretty little head with what the analytics might be trying to tell me.
I use procmail to automatically stuff every mail from substack into a substack folder which I usually delete sight-unseen. I just keep it around a few days in case they ever send me something I need to read, such as login links. I could automate that too, but *shrug* it has never seemed that important to me. So, yes, if I could turn off the email delivery, I would.
So if you are being told that I 'opened' your mail, that's not true, it has always been procmail doing that. But I honestly don't know how they get that information.
I don't use the app at all. Even on my phone, I use the website. I'm probably about 50/50 email and website, whether on phone or computer.
Open the email, read the first sentence or two then go to the website to continue. Never use the app.
I've turned off my mail except for things like replies. I mostly read it on my phone (the website, not the app, because I can't read the Dashboard on the app), and do any extensive writing on the computer.
I read through from emails if the headline is interesting. I tend to read through the desktop interface when I am killing time. I read notes on the app on my phone. So... all of the above?
No app on my phone (almost no apps at all.)
I read 95% from email/on email. I will sometimes read the notes on the website. Or may follow up with comments on the website.
Stop Sending Me Emails! OMFG. Who the heck reads emails these days? It's been the 21st Century for 23 years now. C'mon. :)
Late to the party, but in case still of interest:
I'm another 'never use the app' person. I filter incoming emails to a folder but from there save a fair amount of posts to yet another folder - mostly for later reference to details that interest me, and also because I don't always have time to read everything on the spot and think I might have more time later (rarely happens but there ya go - someday it might!). I read a lot in email but also open quite a few in the browser, especially if they're long - or when I want to read comments, obviously.
For similar reasons to email preferences, I purge my subscriptions fairly often and try to keep the total to a manageable sum. I find a lot of new things via comments that strike me as interesting, amusing, or insightful on posts of writers I value, if the commenter has a stack and at a glance it seems to have possibilities [the way I got here]. For related reasons, I'm often reading posts (from emails or links) far later than any quick "open" stats would capture.
I don't know how or if those "opens" are counted, and don't bother my pretty little head with what the analytics might be trying to tell me.