Adding to a substantial list of email clients already blocking images by default, AOL.com and AIM.com have made the jump.

This isn’t really bad news for e-marketers, but yet another reason why your email creative should be optimized for image-blocking.

You can, however, bypass the blocking by either having your name added to your subscribers address book, and also by being on AOL’s enhanced Whitelist.

More details on the eec’s voice of email blog…