Hi,
There seems to be a bit of confusion about "embedded images". I will
try to explain. The way e-mail works is that the sending programme
provides a hint for each enclosed file, to indicate whether the
enclosure is to be displayed "inline" or as an "attachment".
Apple Mail: sends single-page enclosures with "inline" disposition.
Apple Mail: displays single-page enclosures "inline" even if the
sender suggested they be "attachments".
Other Mail: sends one-page enclosures with "attachment" disposition.
Other Mail: displays one-page enclosures as "attachments" even if
Apple Mail suggested they be "inline".
As you can see, Apple Mail tries to be "helpful" by always displaying
one-page attachments as inline image. Conversely, most other Mail
programmes are not capable of this and will display (e.g., PDF)
attachments as icons, not inline. Hence, even *if* Apple Mail shows
your attachments as inline images while you are drafting an e-mail,
the online time they will be displayed that way to the recipient is if
their e-mail programme "agrees" to display them inline. Otherwise, the
recipient will see attachment icons only.
If you are sending from Apple Mail to other recipients who are using
Apple Mail, then the inline phenomenon will occur on both your side
and their side. Other mail programmes may be able to honour the
"inline" hint for JPEGs, etc., even though you don't want it.
I don't know if there's a preference key that can be set to change the
default Apple Mail behaviour ("inline" tendencies). To prevent it, the
Loki software (which has already been suggested) should be effective
<http://lokiware.info/Mail-Attachments-Iconizer>. Also, as far as I
know, compressed (e.g., zipped) and multi-page attachments always
appear as icons, never inline.
Regards,
James.
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