Jukka said:
I have added a picture tag to my signature. That points to a file in
my public web. However Outlook sends the picture inside the mail
message unless "send pictures from the internet" is not unchecked.
That is by default checked. Is there a way to make it unchecked by
default?
"not unchecked" = checked
default = checked
A bit muddy but my guess by your last sentence is that you want it
unchecked. Are you saying that unchecking this option does not make it
stick? When you uncheck this option, exit Outlook, and restart Outlook,
does this option show as checked although you previously unchecked it?
I have to wonder why you need to provide a link to your signature
picture rather than include a copy within the e-mail. Sounds like you
either are using a huge-sized picture file (which will still slow down
the download for the recipient whether it was embedded or linked) or you
are surrepitiously trying to track when recipients open your e-mail (and
there are several good anti-spam utilities that will strip linked images
but leave embedded or inline images alone). I use SpamPal with its
HTML-Modify plug-in, both free, which will leave inline images (i.e.,
sent within the e-mail) but strip out the link to the external images
(back on the server) specifically to eliminate spammers that use web
bugs to track their e-mails and to update their mailing lists as to
which are valid e-mail addresses. Obviously anyone that downloads their
e-mails and then reads them while offline won't see your picture,
anyway.
So why are you using a spammer trick of linking images as web bugs and
why are you intent on irritating your recipients who read their e-mails
offline? And why the hell is your graphic file so huge - and in a
signature! - that you don't want to waste YOUR bandwidth and time to
send it but you couldn't give a damn about THEIR bandwidth and time
wasted to download a non-critical portion of your e-mail?
