Running WinXP service pack 2 and all updates.
Now this!

Anyone assist these old bones?
Thanks,
drybones

Do you have the bar above the message that says, "Some pictures have been
blocked................."? Are you reading in Plain Text? Tools | Options |
Read. Uncheck that option. If this doesn't solve it:

There are a few possibilities. Some are on the sender's end, and some may be
on your end.

See these links for information:

http://www.fjsmjs.com/IE/redx.htm
And:
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/faqs/why.htm#nopreview
And:
http://www.oehelp.com/noimg.aspx
And:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=246186
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"drybones" wrote in message
...
Running WinXP service pack 2 and all updates.
Now this!

Anyone assist these old bones?
Thanks,
drybones

Thanks for your rerply,
I have read all below and the www.oehelp indicated that pspimage where
indicated.
Changed them as the artical referenced and, still, have to click on the
second bar that
says "some images have been blocked to help prevent the sender from
identifinf your computer".

There must be a work around.
drybones


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Do you have the bar above the message that says, "Some pictures have been
blocked................."? Are you reading in Plain Text? Tools | Options
| Read. Uncheck that option. If this doesn't solve it:

There are a few possibilities. Some are on the sender's end, and some may
be on your end.

See these links for information:

http://www.fjsmjs.com/IE/redx.htm
And:
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/faqs/why.htm#nopreview
And:
http://www.oehelp.com/noimg.aspx
And:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=246186
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"drybones" wrote in message
...
Running WinXP service pack 2 and all updates.
Now this!

Anyone assist these old bones?
Thanks,
drybones

If you don't want to have to click on the bar, go to Tools | Options |
Security and uncheck that option. If you get HTML Spam, your address will be
verified as legitimate just by opening the e-mail. That is the reason the
option was added to SP2.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"drybones" wrote in message
...
Thanks for your rerply,
I have read all below and the www.oehelp indicated that pspimage where
indicated.
Changed them as the artical referenced and, still, have to click on the
second bar that
says "some images have been blocked to help prevent the sender from
identifinf your computer".

There must be a work around.
drybones


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Do you have the bar above the message that says, "Some pictures have been
blocked................."? Are you reading in Plain Text? Tools | Options
| Read. Uncheck that option. If this doesn't solve it:

There are a few possibilities. Some are on the sender's end, and some may
be on your end.

See these links for information:

http://www.fjsmjs.com/IE/redx.htm
And:
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/faqs/why.htm#nopreview
And:
http://www.oehelp.com/noimg.aspx
And:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=246186
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"drybones" wrote in message
...
Running WinXP service pack 2 and all updates.
Now this!

Anyone assist these old bones?
Thanks,
drybones

Just to clarify a bit what Bruce responded, in XP SP2, they added a feature
under Tools | Options | Security to block images linked to websites in
email. The reason for this is that spammers were embedding 1 pixel images
in messages and that allowed them to track if an email was opened or not.
Then, by having a number tied to that image and associated with the email
they sent you, then if that image was accessed, that told them the email
address was valid, and so they could put it on their verified email list for
spammers that they sell.

So by blocking external content such as images linked to websites, MS killed
the ability to track in this dastardly fashion. G

If the email is from someone you know, you can go to Tools | Options |
Security and uncheck the block image box to allow for the image to be then
accessed and displayed. Or hit reply, and then the image will be displayed.

This all assumes that you don't have OE set to read all messages in plain
text, but then you wouldn't see the redX at all.

cheers,

steve

"drybones" wrote in message
...
Thanks for your rerply,
I have read all below and the www.oehelp indicated that pspimage where
indicated.
Changed them as the artical referenced and, still, have to click on the
second bar that
says "some images have been blocked to help prevent the sender from
identifinf your computer".

There must be a work around.
drybones


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Do you have the bar above the message that says, "Some pictures have been
blocked................."? Are you reading in Plain Text? Tools | Options
| Read. Uncheck that option. If this doesn't solve it:

There are a few possibilities. Some are on the sender's end, and some may
be on your end.

See these links for information:

http://www.fjsmjs.com/IE/redx.htm
And:
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/faqs/why.htm#nopreview
And:
http://www.oehelp.com/noimg.aspx
And:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=246186
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"drybones" wrote in message
...
Running WinXP service pack 2 and all updates.
Now this!

Anyone assist these old bones?
Thanks,
drybones

Interesting! Thanks Steve.
drybones


"Steve Cochran" wrote in message
...
Just to clarify a bit what Bruce responded, in XP SP2, they added a
feature under Tools | Options | Security to block images linked to
websites in email. The reason for this is that spammers were embedding 1
pixel images in messages and that allowed them to track if an email was
opened or not. Then, by having a number tied to that image and associated
with the email they sent you, then if that image was accessed, that told
them the email address was valid, and so they could put it on their
verified email list for spammers that they sell.

So by blocking external content such as images linked to websites, MS
killed the ability to track in this dastardly fashion. G

If the email is from someone you know, you can go to Tools | Options |
Security and uncheck the block image box to allow for the image to be then
accessed and displayed. Or hit reply, and then the image will be
displayed.

This all assumes that you don't have OE set to read all messages in plain
text, but then you wouldn't see the redX at all.

cheers,

steve

"drybones" wrote in message
...
Thanks for your rerply,
I have read all below and the www.oehelp indicated that pspimage where
indicated.
Changed them as the artical referenced and, still, have to click on the
second bar that
says "some images have been blocked to help prevent the sender from
identifinf your computer".

There must be a work around.
drybones


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Do you have the bar above the message that says, "Some pictures have
been blocked................."? Are you reading in Plain Text? Tools |
Options | Read. Uncheck that option. If this doesn't solve it:

There are a few possibilities. Some are on the sender's end, and some
may be on your end.

See these links for information:

http://www.fjsmjs.com/IE/redx.htm
And:
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/faqs/why.htm#nopreview
And:
http://www.oehelp.com/noimg.aspx
And:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=246186
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"drybones" wrote in message
...
Running WinXP service pack 2 and all updates.
Now this!

Anyone assist these old bones?
Thanks,
drybones

"Steve Cochran" wrote in message
...
Just to clarify a bit what Bruce responded, in XP SP2, they added a feature
under Tools | Options | Security to block images linked to websites in
email. The reason for this is that spammers were embedding 1 pixel images
in messages and that allowed them to track if an email was opened or not.
Then, by having a number tied to that image and associated with the email
they sent you, then if that image was accessed, that told them the email
address was valid, and so they could put it on their verified email list for
spammers that they sell.

So by blocking external content such as images linked to websites, MS killed
the ability to track in this dastardly fashion. G


mostly for people who didn't know enough to look at E-mail while offline?



If the email is from someone you know, you can go to Tools | Options |
Security and uncheck the block image box to allow for the image to be then
accessed and displayed. Or hit reply, and then the image will be displayed.


Or toggle the Offline button and reshow the E-mail.



This all assumes that you don't have OE set to read all messages in plain
text, but then you wouldn't see the redX at all.

cheers,

steve

"drybones" wrote in message
...
Thanks for your rerply,
I have read all below and the www.oehelp indicated that pspimage where
indicated.
Changed them as the artical referenced and, still, have to click on the
second bar that
says "some images have been blocked to help prevent the sender from
identifinf your computer".

There must be a work around.
drybones


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Do you have the bar above the message that says, "Some pictures have been
blocked................."? Are you reading in Plain Text? Tools | Options
| Read. Uncheck that option. If this doesn't solve it:

There are a few possibilities. Some are on the sender's end, and some may
be on your end.

See these links for information:

http://www.fjsmjs.com/IE/redx.htm
And:
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/faqs/why.htm#nopreview
And:
http://www.oehelp.com/noimg.aspx
And:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=246186
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"drybones" wrote in message
...
Running WinXP service pack 2 and all updates.
Now this!

Anyone assist these old bones?
Thanks,
drybones

"Robert Aldwinckle" wrote in message
...
"Steve Cochran" wrote in message
...
Just to clarify a bit what Bruce responded, in XP SP2, they added a
feature
under Tools | Options | Security to block images linked to websites in
email. The reason for this is that spammers were embedding 1 pixel
images
in messages and that allowed them to track if an email was opened or not.
Then, by having a number tied to that image and associated with the email
they sent you, then if that image was accessed, that told them the email
address was valid, and so they could put it on their verified email list
for
spammers that they sell.

So by blocking external content such as images linked to websites, MS
killed
the ability to track in this dastardly fashion. G


mostly for people who didn't know enough to look at E-mail while offline?



Microsoft assumes everyone is always online. G Haven't you noticed?

And how many users out there even know the difference?

Actually, hardly ever read any email offline myself.

steve




If the email is from someone you know, you can go to Tools | Options |
Security and uncheck the block image box to allow for the image to be
then
accessed and displayed. Or hit reply, and then the image will be
displayed.


Or toggle the Offline button and reshow the E-mail.



This all assumes that you don't have OE set to read all messages in plain
text, but then you wouldn't see the redX at all.

cheers,

steve

"drybones" wrote in message
...
Thanks for your rerply,
I have read all below and the www.oehelp indicated that pspimage where
indicated.
Changed them as the artical referenced and, still, have to click on the
second bar that
says "some images have been blocked to help prevent the sender from
identifinf your computer".

There must be a work around.
drybones


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Do you have the bar above the message that says, "Some pictures have
been
blocked................."? Are you reading in Plain Text? Tools |
Options
| Read. Uncheck that option. If this doesn't solve it:

There are a few possibilities. Some are on the sender's end, and some
may
be on your end.

See these links for information:

http://www.fjsmjs.com/IE/redx.htm
And:
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/faqs/why.htm#nopreview
And:
http://www.oehelp.com/noimg.aspx
And:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=246186
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"drybones" wrote in message
...
Running WinXP service pack 2 and all updates.
Now this!

Anyone assist these old bones?
Thanks,
drybones

And using a broadband connection.

Steve Cochran wrote:
Microsoft assumes everyone is always online. G Haven't you noticed?

"Steve Cochran" wrote in message
...

"Robert Aldwinckle" wrote in message
...
"Steve Cochran" wrote in message

....
So by blocking external content such as images linked to websites,
MS killed the ability to track in this dastardly fashion. G


mostly for people who didn't know enough to look at E-mail while offline?



Microsoft assumes everyone is always online. G Haven't you noticed?

And how many users out there even know the difference?


I sure hope the ones who don't have the features which are only available
to XPsp2 users know the difference. That's mainly why I think maybe
the Work Offline option still should be mentioned occasionally
in discussions such as this one.



Actually, hardly ever read any email offline myself.


I can't break the habit. I'm not sure if I completely trust the new
mechanisms and I'm always paranoid that I might have accidentally
left an option on, e.g. while testing, that I would normally be relying
on being off. Having Working Offline set is still reassuring for me
even while just reading.

Above all, though, it is the best way to avoid accidentally sending
a partially composed message while connected.
Good practice for broadband users who can't hangup
(unless they resort to ipconfig /release etc.). EG


Robert
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