W. Greenhouse <[email protected]> writes: > Hi Sharon, > > Sharon Kimble <[email protected]> writes: > >> What should I do to get graphical images in specifically gmail, and >> secondarily my normal mail settings please? > > There's nothing different between the two kinds of mail groups here. > Gnus does not auto-load images for mail groups because this is a way to > track you; having a mail user load an image from a unique url is a > classic spammer's tactic to know whether a message has been received. > > See the variable `gnus-blocked-images'. By default this is set to call > the function `gnus-block-private-groups', which loads images only in > news (NNTP, RSS, etc.) groups. Because these messages are sent to many > recipients, the possibility of tracking one user with a special image > URL doesn't exist. If you set `gnus-blocked-images' to nil, this would > remove the block, but also put you at risk for this spamming tactic. > > I would recommend just keeping the default and clicking on the link to > manually view the image, after you determine that it's from someone you > actually know and not a piece of spam or a phishing message that got > through filters.
You can also type `W D W' in the article or group buffers to display all hidden images. Might be handy to set that to something shorter if you do it a lot. -- Kevin Brubeck Unhammer GPG: 0x766AC60C
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