Pictures with mails are not displayed

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ejw

Although I have selected the option in the Preferences to display
attached pictures and Videos in the mail i always get mails through
that are incomplete as they do no show any pictures. I have a message
displayed inidicting that to protect my security pictures are not
transmitted with the original mail message.
This is very annoying how do I get around this, on the MAC I usually
use the .mac mail address, I haven't tried it with my other POP3 mail
addresses

Thanks for any guidance

John
 
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Dave Bulman

Yes John,

I'm having exactly the same problem. My problems are with a POP# mail
server, so it seems not to be a server problem. I've looked for and applied
any updates but to no avail.

Like you say - it is quite annoying.

Dave
 
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Barry Wainwright

A new security feature in Entourage 2004 blocks the display of pictures (and
other linked mail content) hosted on remote sites. Images can be loaded for
individual messages by clicking on the ŒDownload Pictures¹ link in the
yellow message status bar. This was a huge feature request from users that
found the all embracing ŒAll Pictures¹ or ŒNo Pictures¹ too limiting.

There is a setting in the security section of the preferences to
automatically download pictures from recipients who are in your address
book. That should suffice for most users. If you really want to download all
images from all sources, you can put ".com", ".net", ".org" etc to your list
of safe domains in the Junk Mail Protection dialog. Then, images from all
untrustworthy sources will be downloaded. However, this will effectively
stop the Junk Mail filter fro working as well!
 
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ejw

I can't quite see the logic behind this feature, if you don't trust the
source of the mail why bother read the mail at all just have it put in
your Junk mail box.?
I do not have a lot of expiernce with other mail clients but I hav
enever seen this before.

It's a real pain

Thanks

John
 
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Michel Bintener

Hi John,
there is a logic behind all this. No matter how perfect your junk filters
are, the odd junk mail will always manage to get past them and show up in
your inbox. Now, when you click on such a message (in some cases, it's not
that easy to tell whether it's a junk mail or not), it will be loaded in
your preview pane. And that's where the problem is: the fact that your
e-mail program is downloading pictures from a remote server might tell the
person who sent you the message that your account is active and that you
regularly check your inbox, which usually results in him or her sending you
more spam.
That's why I actually like this new feature in Entourage, since the
combination of address book and safe domain lists ensures that those e-mails
which I really want to see get downloaded automatically. As for those rare
occasions where I get a message not covered by any of the above lists,
simply clicking on the "download now" link doesn't require that much of an
effort.

Michel
 
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Kenneth Gorelick

Ever since MS climbed into bed with the anti-gay faction, their software
will no longer display males.
Ken
 
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