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Thread ID: 71577 2006-08-09 21:01:00 Information request re Outlook Express tonybr (2287) Press F1
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477447 2006-08-09 21:01:00 Hi and thanks for reading this

Outlook express allows picture as attachments and pictures to be inserted.

However many commercial newsletters use images downloaded from the net via a link embedded in the email.

For some reason mine stopped loading these and all I get are RED CROSSES where the image is supposed to be. I have tried many things to correct this and also posted a help request here but nobody was able to assist.

I suspect that either a DLL file has been corrupted/deleted or a key in the registry pointing to such a DLL has been deleted.

To go further for help I really need to know what is the correct term for this type of link and if someone can assist me it would be greatly appreciated.

Are they called HOTLINKS, INTERNET LINKS or something else

Many thanks for your time

Regards Tony
tonybr (2287)
477448 2006-08-09 21:18:00 open OE then goto tools/options/security and make sure 'block images etc....' isn't ticked drcspy (146)
477449 2006-08-09 22:01:00 Hi DRCSPY. Thanks for taking the time to reply but that was the very first thing I tried. I wish it was that simple regrettably

Regards Tony
tonybr (2287)
477450 2006-08-09 23:07:00 Some info here
. askbobrankin . com/red_x_appears_instead_of_image . html" target="_blank">www . askbobrankin . com

If it is only those HTML emails causing the problem it is likely to be caused by the following .
1 . The sender has sent a link shortcut instead of an image . A red box
will appear in an email if the image is not available from the web site
that is hosting it .

2 . A referenced image has an incorrect path and points to a
non-existent image .

3 . HTML emails with pictures embedded in them will only display if you
are online the Internet, because the pictures are downloaded from the
web site as you are reading the email .
Safari (3993)
477451 2006-08-09 23:25:00 See, told you to use Firefox or Opera instead of IE. Neil McC (178)
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