using OE6 with XP
why does a pic added as an attachment to an email also appear in message text
even with 'Send Pictures with Message' unchecked and
with 'Plain Text' selected

That is a copy of the attachment, (jpg, gif, or bmp), which is displayed
/after/ the message body. and that is how OE has always worked. However, if
you are reading in Plain Text, you won't see it.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"TFITZP" wrote in message
...
using OE6 with XP
why does a pic added as an attachment to an email also appear in message
text
even with 'Send Pictures with Message' unchecked and
with 'Plain Text' selected

The send picture with message option only applies to HTML format when
you do the Insert Picture (not Insert File Attachment). If you don't
check the Send Picture.in that case, OE sends a link to the picture
rather than including the picture with the message. That will work OK
if you were referencing an image on a web server or shared LAN server.
Otherwise it will be pointing to a file on your hard drive. Unless the
recipient already has the picture on their hard drive at the same
location, they won't get anything and OE will display a box with a red
X.

Now to your real question. By default, OE displays any image
attachments (JPG, GIF, BMP) at the bottom of the message text. This is
a display only (not a duplicate attachment) and only affects what you
see on your PC, not what the recipient sees. Whether the recipients
also automatically see the image is dependent on their mail program and
its settings. To change whether or not you automatically see the images
on your PC, see the following article:

Outlook Express Slide Show OE5, OE6
http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/slideshow.htm
In the case of OE6, if the "Automatically Inline Images" key is missing,
it can be added with a value of 0 to disable display of images at the
bottom of the message text. Not having the key or setting it to 1
enables display.

Note: In Windows XP SP2 or Windows 2003 SP1, when Tools, Options, Read,
Read All Message In Plain Text is selected, that also stops the display
of images. (For a quick workaround for the current message, press
ALT+Shift+H)


--

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


"TFITZP" wrote in message
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using OE6 with XP
why does a pic added as an attachment to an email also appear in
message text
even with 'Send Pictures with Message' unchecked and
with 'Plain Text' selected

many thanks Michael for a lucid rundown
dont recall this 'image with the text' feature with OE in the past but maybe
i forget
seems a pointless feature - why have aload of pics in text with attach files
as well
registry fix is interesting - but wont kill pics shown for recipient

to get a message with text only i have used compressed files as attachment
cheers
terry

"Michael Santovec" wrote:

The send picture with message option only applies to HTML format when
you do the Insert Picture (not Insert File Attachment). If you don't
check the Send Picture.in that case, OE sends a link to the picture
rather than including the picture with the message. That will work OK
if you were referencing an image on a web server or shared LAN server.
Otherwise it will be pointing to a file on your hard drive. Unless the
recipient already has the picture on their hard drive at the same
location, they won't get anything and OE will display a box with a red
X.

Now to your real question. By default, OE displays any image
attachments (JPG, GIF, BMP) at the bottom of the message text. This is
a display only (not a duplicate attachment) and only affects what you
see on your PC, not what the recipient sees. Whether the recipients
also automatically see the image is dependent on their mail program and
its settings. To change whether or not you automatically see the images
on your PC, see the following article:

Outlook Express Slide Show OE5, OE6
http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/slideshow.htm
In the case of OE6, if the "Automatically Inline Images" key is missing,
it can be added with a value of 0 to disable display of images at the
bottom of the message text. Not having the key or setting it to 1
enables display.

Note: In Windows XP SP2 or Windows 2003 SP1, when Tools, Options, Read,
Read All Message In Plain Text is selected, that also stops the display
of images. (For a quick workaround for the current message, press
ALT+Shift+H)


--

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


"TFITZP" wrote in message
...
using OE6 with XP
why does a pic added as an attachment to an email also appear in
message text
even with 'Send Pictures with Message' unchecked and
with 'Plain Text' selected