Emailed photos.

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Michael Harding

Can anyone please advise:
What determines whether an emailed photo is received as an attachment, or
within the body of the email?

M Harding
 
It depends on the email program. MSN Hotmail for example doesn't allow
images to be inserted into the body of the messages, you can insert
emoticons from the toolbar. AOL mail will allow you to insert images into
the body. I have seen emails where images were inserted in the body but come
attached so it also depends on the users ISP.

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Life would be easier if we could view the source code
 
I notice in your header that you are
using Outlook Express 6...

If you open OE 6 and go to...Tools /
Options / Send...you can choose HTML
(which includes the image in the body
of the message) or Plain Text (which
adds the image as an attachment).

Also for messages sent to you...if you
go to...Tools / Options / Read...and
Check..."Read All Messages In Plain
Text". This will prevent graphics from
appearing in your messages when you
read them and images will be
attachments.

If you are having problems receiving images...
you could try going to...Tools / Options /
Security...and uncheck..."Do Not Allow
Attachments etc")

To make any of your settings changes
permanent, be sure to click Apply / OK.
 
John, if I go to...Tools /Options / Send...it seems I have chosen "plain
text" for both mail sending and news sending formats. Does this mean the
recipient of my email will likely have problems seeing the images I send, or
does it depend solely on their selected options?

Also, in 'plain text settings' what does 'MIME' and 'Uuencode' stand for? It
seems I have chosen one of each for the mail sending and news sending formats?

In ...Tools/Options/Security...is there a good reason to "block images and
other external content in HTML e-mail"? It seems that is what I have checked
off. That must be why images like Smileys, or images from some places like
Home Depot or other magazines are blocked and the message "Some pictures have
been blocked to help prevent the sender from identifying your computer. Click
here to download pictures." appears at the top of my message. If I receive an
email from someone I don't know, is it bad to "click here to download the
pictures"?
darkdred
 
darkdred said:
John, if I go to...Tools /Options / Send...it seems I
have chosen "plain text" for both mail sending and news
sending formats. Does this mean the recipient of my email
will likely have problems seeing the images I send, or
does it depend solely on their selected options?

Also, in 'plain text settings' what does 'MIME' and
'Uuencode' stand for? It seems I have chosen one of each
for the mail sending and news sending formats?

In ...Tools/Options/Security...is there a good reason to
"block images and other external content in HTML e-mail"?
It seems that is what I have checked off. That must be
why images like Smileys, or images from some places like
Home Depot or other magazines are blocked and the message
"Some pictures have been blocked to help prevent the
sender from identifying your computer. Click here to
download pictures." appears at the top of my message. If
I receive an email from someone I don't know, is it bad
to "click here to download the pictures"?
darkdred
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Try asking these questions in the outlook express newsgroup.

Here's the link:
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How to ask a newsgroup question:
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