InboxImageBot Description

InboxImageBot is an automated service for image retriving, proxying, caching and optimization. The bot retrieves images from external sources upon request, processes them, and delivers them through its own infrastructure to improve loading speed, security, and content delivery reliability to verified customers of Inbokss services.

Main Features

• Proxying images from external websites
• Caching frequently requested images
• Optimizing image size and format
• Image compression and resizing
• Protecting users from direct requests to third-party resources
• Accelerating image delivery through CDN and local cache

User-Agent

Example bot identifier:

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; InboxImageBot/2.0 +https://pform.net/tos.html)

How InboxImageBot Works

When an image is requested by verified customer through the service, the bot:

• Downloads the original image from the remote server using image location specified by the image vendor
• Verifies availability and content type
• Performs optimization if necessary
• Stores a temporary cached copy according to content provider's policies
• Returns the image to the user through a proxy URL

Access Policy

InboxImageBot:

• retrieves directly specified by a content provider to the verified customers images only
• limits request rates to avoid excessive server load;
• does not bypass authentication or content protection mechanisms;
• does not store private or restricted images.
• does not use wildcard crawling

Access Control

InboxImageBot retrieves directly specified by a content provider to the verified customers images only. Website owners can restrict or block InboxImageBot access through server settings or common http caching policies.

Contact

For questions regarding the service, please contact: [email protected]