On 10/25/04 1:15 AM, "John Holt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In the section above the body of the email I see a notice > "To protect your privacy etc" some pictures in the message were not > downloaded". > How do I make the default to download ALL pictures > > Thank you > > John Holt > Office 2004 System 10.3.5 John, as Barry explained, it's a security feature. It's actually a huge, important thing in today's web world. I strongly recommend you keep this setting. Why? Because it defends you from "web bugs." Here's what that is, in quick terms. Others may wish to elaborate or correct what I write in haste here. Scummy people put a tiny 1x1 image into an html email. That image is named or coded somehow to be associated just for your email address. You come along and view that email. The html of the email calls to their web server just like what happens in a web browser. When your email app calls for that image the scum (aka spammer) knows your email address is valid. Now he sells your address and your spam increases. Ah, but you have the junk mail feature on and it catches your spam, right? Yes, it does. But if you're careful, you scroll thru that folder before deleting that stuff. While in there say you click a message to start selecting stuff for deletion. Now you've verified your address. That is, unless you kept the setting that does not download the images until you choose to. And there's another reason to keep the default. Say you get a bunch of email, some of it things like image-heavy ads from compusa or buy.com. You're interested in them but first you want to get to your business mail or things from friends. As you view and delete you come to view one of those messages. If that setting is off you must wait for the images to download. If on, you can do your other mail fast. Then, later you can look at this stuff and grab the images. It's really a great feature. I was thrilled to see it here. Apple's mail app has it to, by the way. Hope this helps. -- Deborah Shadovitz � http://www.shadovitz.com Mac Specialist: Training & Tech Support, Author, Instructor, Speaker GoLive Specialist: including <http://macdesignonline.com/golive.html> MacAddict Contributing Editor, O'Reilly Network author, Mac Design Columnist Creator of the Mac Gathering: <http://www.macgathering.com> � next 4/2-3/05 -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
