Thanks for the replies - all much clearer now. I had been running
(unknowingly) with 'read messages as plain text' set on as well as Block
Images which stopped any image display at all. After a bit of
experimentation I can now see the effect of each setting.

"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
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The key word in that option is EXTERNAL. It means that the e-mail has a
link to an image on a web server. It does not apply to images included in
the e-mail itself.

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Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Nick" wrote in message
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I have turned on 'block display of images and other external content in
html email'. However I noticed that inline display of images from mail in
the inbox is only actually suppressed if I select 'read all messages in
plain text'. How is this meant to work?
I'm using OE6 with XP SP2.
Thanks if you can clarify this (unconfuse me).
Nick