See if the info at this link helps you:
Red X:
http://www.fjsmjs.com/IE/redx.htm

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Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
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"Larry B" wrote in message
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I seemingly have the same issue as that descrived below. An email with
jpg's is not displaying thei mages, only an empty box with the little red
'x' in the corner. If I change the settings to Plain Text only, I get a
link there instead of a box. Yet, if I click on the jpg file in the
attachment box, it opens up properly (in Photo Editor, in this case).

Is there a different problem at work here. Thanks, Lar


"Arty" wrote in message
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Wow...I've tested what you said and your advice is certainly correct! It
will be a couple of days until I can get at the other machine to check
out the settings. I hope it is this simple. Thank you very much.

"Steve Cochran" wrote in message
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Plain text messages with attached images in OE (when not with it set to
read messages in plain text only) will display the images at the bottom
of the message. I think if you set OE to read in plain text only, then
it won't do this. Similarly, there is a registry hack the user can make
to change this behavior, but that blocks the ability to read messages in
plain text only.

steve

"Arty" wrote in message
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Joy, I am trying to puzzle out the same issue. Let me use my own words.
On my machine if I send an e-mail with a picture attached, the
recipient, when he opens the e-mail, see the text I have written
followed by the opened picture. On another similar computer system,
when the recipient opens the e-mail, only the text shows. The recipient
must click on the picture file icon in the "attachment" line to open
the picture. My question: what adjustment is making the difference in
response?


"Joy" wrote in message
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Someone just sent me several .jpg images. They open OK from the
Attach window, but usually they show up in the body of the e-mail. I
haven't changed any settings, but I can't remember where to look to
make sure that they DO show in the e-mail itself.