Hello Bill, On Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:36:14 -0700 GMT (14/Jun/11, 6:36 AM +0700 GMT), Bill McQuillan wrote:
BM> In case # 3, there is a security problem. The act of fetching the images BM> from the external site can reveal too much information about you. Thus, TB BM> has been reluctant to automatically fetch such images. Previously the only BM> way to see those images was to display the message in the browser. Now TB BM> will fetch the images if you give it permission. The Image Download Manager BM> may be accessed by clicking the Yellow Question Mark at the right of the BM> message header (To, From, Subject). BM> Unfortunately, at this point I can give you little more help since the BM> Download manager seems to have a lot of capabilities, but they are not very BM> obvious and I can find ABSOLUTELY NO DOCUMENTATION about it. BM> So, does anybody on this list have a pointer to any documention about the BM> Image Download Manager? There is no documentation. This is how the Download Manager (the globe with the question mark) works: Whenever a message (I believe this only applies to HTML messages) adds a picture by URL only, the Download Manager shows up automatically. This is your case #3. If the images are sent with the messages, the pictures are shown by default, but if they are not, there is a security issue. How to make the pictures show: Click on the globe with the questin mark. You will get a context menu with the option to "show download manager" Choose that option, and a window pops up. In this window (the Download Manager) you can block or allow URLs. I have allowed all the pictures for my newsletters, and blocked all that contain "constandcontact" or "icontact" or "adclient" etc in the URL. Also, URLs with weird long alphanumerical names won't get allowed, as these are likely trackers. That's it. I think it's not very difficult to grasp, play with it and you'll see. -- Cheers, Thomas. http://thomas.fernandez.hat-gar-keine-homepage.de/ Message reply created with The Bat! 4.2.44 under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 3 ________________________________________________ Current version is 4.2.42 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
