Not seeing images in email
 

Images, especially for eBay notifications, are a crucial part of my email.
For the past three days they have not been part of my emails, they have been
missing even though the text is being transmitted. I've had this problem
sporadically in the past, and usually assumed it was part of my lousy ISP
(Charter Comm.) and its very up and down speeds. The missing images problem
usually would cure itself in an hour or so. This time the problem has stuck
for three days, so I'd like to ask for some help in figuring it out. How
can the text but not the image(s) get transmitted in an email?

Any ideas?

jc