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Does block remote content prevent download?

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idahouser
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When TB has blocked remote content has it prevented the content from being downloaded? In other words if I do not click on the allow option have I saved the data download that would be otherwise used to download the content? I connect my laptop to the Internet via data on my phone and have a limited data plan. If I'm not interested in seeing the remote content and don't let TB show it, do I save on data usage?

When TB has blocked remote content has it prevented the content from being downloaded? In other words if I do not click on the allow option have I saved the data download that would be otherwise used to download the content? I connect my laptop to the Internet via data on my phone and have a limited data plan. If I'm not interested in seeing the remote content and don't let TB show it, do I save on data usage?

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Toad-Hall
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They are broken links, so link data is there but not activated. It is remote content that connects to external source eg: an image on a website or even a micro dot which you cannot even see. It cannot link to the external source, so cannot display or send any info back remotely.

Info on remote content: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Privacy_basics_%28Thunderbird%29 https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/remote-content-in-messages

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