Quote - However, because of the fact that the plain text version detracts from the newsletter experience ...

:crying: Oh dear.

Quote - ... and prevents us from being able to see what percentage of members read the email

I have image loading and scripts turned off, so your tracking stats may be out, but I always use the link to monthly freebie.
No need for me to load the images, as I'm pretty certain that I've seen or will see everything mentioned in the newsletter during normal browsing visits and the text is sufficient to check.

I'm not expecting you to change anything, I only mentioned it originally as it appeared to be a bug.
The answer given to my original post was sufficient for me, I just thought I'd link to it to save you having to repeat it.

My impersonation of Mr. Ford was a tongue-in-cheek way of both summarising the linked thread content and a means of not saying "See linked thread" :tt2: