There's always the "Load Remote Content" button in the upper right corner of each message should you really want to see everything... -Carl
> On Aug 2, 2016, at 11:36 AM, Dinse, Gregg (NIH/NIEHS) [C] > <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Aug 2, 2016, at 2:29 PM, Macs R We <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Aug 2, 2016, at 10:41 AM, Dinse, Gregg (NIH/NIEHS) [C] >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I just checked my Apple Mail preferences. Under the Viewing tab, I see >>> that I have the box checked for "Load remote content in message". Is >>> sounds like I should uncheck that box, right? If I do uncheck it, will I >>> see a bunch of generic icons for any content, and will I then have an >>> option to view the content if I believe it's from a trusted source? >> >> Yes, precisely. >> >> I ran that way for some months, then decided it was too much of a pain in >> the butt to continue, security or no security, But try it out for yourself. >> >> All you do with that setting is avoid triggering "web bugs." They can't >> load malware, or do anything other than tell the mail sender that your email >> address is live. Since most of my email addresses are business addresses >> that are publicly advertised on websites to begin with, I couldn't see the >> upside. > > Thanks. I might try it for a while and see how painful it is. > > The way you describe it, having the "load remote content" box checked does > not sound so bad -- if all it does is notify the mail sender that my email > address is live. But does it also load images? I thought that malware, or > at least undesirable things of some sort, could be embedded in images. Is > that not true? > > I guess I am really showing my ignorance here. > > Gregg > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
