I'm running OE 6 in XP Pro. I occasionally get e mail where I can see a large
blank box with only a small red "x" in the top left of the blank area.
Clicking on the red x does nothing. I recall that this is a problem created
by the sender.

Any help for me to open and read these?

Thanks
--
Roger

Ctrl + F3 will reveal the message source. If there is not several pages of
numbers and letters, then the picture did not send with email, so there is
nothing that you can do.
--
Ronald Sommer

"rogeepete" wrote in message
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I'm running OE 6 in XP Pro. I occasionally get e mail where I can see a
large
blank box with only a small red "x" in the top left of the blank area.
Clicking on the red x does nothing. I recall that this is a problem
created
by the sender.

Any help for me to open and read these?

Thanks
--
Roger

A html message has a reference to a picture. The actual picture is an
attachment. If the attachment is not included, the red x is displayed
indicating that there should be a picture.
--
Ronald Sommer

"Rita Lawton" wrote in message
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"rogeepete" wrote in message
...
I'm running OE 6 in XP Pro. I occasionally get e mail where I can see a
large
blank box with only a small red "x" in the top left of the blank area.
Clicking on the red x does nothing. I recall that this is a problem
created
by the sender.

Any help for me to open and read these?

Thanks
--
Roger
WELL WHY THE HELL ARE THEY THERE THEN?

If you can send a message with embedded graphics to yourself and see the
graphics (vs the RedX), the problem's not on your end and there's nothing
you can do about it (with the possible exception of getting your friends to
abandon AOL Mail and/or to stop forwarding messages to you that had been
forwarded multiple times before).
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

rogeepete wrote:
I'm running OE 6 in XP Pro. I occasionally get e mail where I can see a
large blank box with only a small red "x" in the top left of the blank
area.
Clicking on the red x does nothing. I recall that this is a problem
created
by the sender.

Any help for me to open and read these?

Thanks

It indicates that the message references a picture and OE is unable to
display it for some reason.

The problem could be either on the sender's end or recipient's end. If
it it's only an occasional problem and usually from the same sender,
then it's most likely at the sender's end.

Problem at Sender's end:
- OLEXP: Image May Not Appear in Message Sent with Outlook Express (all
versions of OE)
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=171908
- OLEXP: Images in E-Mail Messages Are Missing After You Apply
Stationery
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=256974
- There was a bug in a update to OE6 awhile back where if an HTML
message uses the same image multiple time, only the first occurrence
will display. This is a problem on the sender's end where OE generates
bad HTML links.
- OLEXP: Image May Not Appear in Message Received with Outlook Express
(very rare cause)
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=246186

Problem at Recipient's end:

- Red X instead of picture
http://www.fjsmjs.com/IE/redx.htm
- Images are blocked when you open an e-mail message in Outlook Express
SP2+
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=843018
- If using XP SP2+ and Tools, Options, Read, Read All Message In Plain
Text is selected, then attached images are not automatically displayed
at the bottom of the message. For a quick workaround for the current
message, press ALT+Shift+H
- Image preview stops working
http://www.insideoe.com/problems/bugs.htm#nopreview
- Hotbar can cause image problems
http://www.thundercloud.net/help/hotbar-is-spyware.htm
- Another possible cause of problems is a corrupted cache. Try clearing
it.
IE5+: Tools, Internet Options, General, Temporary Internet Files, Delete
Files
Temporary Internet Files Use More Disk Space Than Specified
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=301057

--

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



"rogeepete" wrote in message
...
I'm running OE 6 in XP Pro. I occasionally get e mail where I can see
a large
blank box with only a small red "x" in the top left of the blank area.
Clicking on the red x does nothing. I recall that this is a problem
created
by the sender.

Any help for me to open and read these?

Thanks
--
Roger

"rogeepete" wrote in message
...
I'm running OE 6 in XP Pro. I occasionally get e mail where I can see a
large
blank box with only a small red "x" in the top left of the blank area.
Clicking on the red x does nothing. I recall that this is a problem
created
by the sender.

Any help for me to open and read these?

Thanks
--
Roger
WELL WHY THE HELL ARE THEY THERE THEN?

"rogeepete" a écrit dans le message de news:
...
I'm running OE 6 in XP Pro. I occasionally get e mail where I can see a
large
blank box with only a small red "x" in the top left of the blank area.
Clicking on the red x does nothing. I recall that this is a problem
created
by the sender.

Any help for me to open and read these?

Thanks
--
Roger