Why don't pictures show up in the emails I send or receive?

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I am using Outlook Express. I've tried running my email on both Plain Text and HTML to solve this problem and neither helped. I can't find the setting which allows pictures to show up in the message body rather then as attachments. These are the type emails which have pictures embedded as part of a story or joke. Only blank spaces appear where the picture would be embedded. They are not the type forwards or emails that would have these images sent as attachments, but that is how they show up anyway.

I have microsoft outlook 2003, and have recently installed Macromedia fireworks, since doing so i am unable to open picture attachments in my emails, it says that the system can not find the file specified. Before installing fireworks, i was able to open these jpg's, and gif's. the picutes are attached, not html style. Can anyone help??? It is really annoying me as i need to save the pictures to file, and then i can view them.

i am having trouble with outlook express after sending a file i check if the file has benn sent. no problems it has sent but the photo file and only photo files will not send jpg and bmp files. message at top of email sent OE removed access to the following attachments in your mail: file name bmp or jpg is there any way of overcoming this problem i have xp and i am not shure what outlook express version i am running.
please help me Sir Leo.

thank you
greenlizard

"OE removed access to the following attachments in your mail" is a message that appears when attempting to view an email message that has certain types of attachments. This article discusses turning that off: http://ask-leo.com/why_cant_i_open_attachments_in_outlook.html

I wish you and Patrick would go back to TSS. I know this isn't the place for this subject, but I knew I'd get your attention.

I am 46 and I used to enjoy watching the "old" ScreenSavers, now it seem it's a "gamers" show, for those under 30.

I don't watch it but only now for Sarah's downloads, I miss the "old folk". I can't relate to anything on the show any more.

Maybe you and Patrick could do an "over 40" ScreenSaver show. I miss both you two together.

You are so smart and helpful. Thank you.

Tracey Kast
Elberta, Alabama

All very kind ... but I'm not *that* Leo :-). You mean Leo Laporte, I'm Leo Notenboom.

I can't get attachments if it's a picture or cartoon. Instead I get a red x.I can't get them at yahoo or bellsouth.net I have tried everything.I hope you can help me.
Thank You

here's how to fix this(Why don't pictures show up in the emails I send or receive)....
1. open outlook express
2. goto tools then options
3. click the security tab.
4. uncheck the do not allow attachments to be open box,then unckeck the box just below the last one which say's...block images and other external content.
5. hit apply then ok and you should be all set,it best to shut outlook down after that and restart it to take effect.

Re #4. Mine doesn't have the box just below. I have OE Ver: 6.00.2800.1123. What do I do on this version? Some I receive are OK, others are not. People can't open some that I see OK when I Fwd.

Also, when I go on vacation and use another ISP, I can receive email with OE, but cannot send. I've used different IPS's with dial-up and DSL. Don't matter. I've talked to customer support at AOL, Qwest, and Outlook Express and they don't have a clue. Does anyone?

here's how to fix this(Why don't pictures show up in the emails I send or receive)....
1. open outlook express
2. goto tools then options
3. click the security tab.
4. uncheck the do not allow attachments to be open box,then unckeck the box just below the last one which say's...block images and other external content.
5. hit apply then ok and you should be all set,it best to shut outlook down after that and restart it to take effect.

Have a problem with outlook 2003 sending pictures as a attachement. Any one that I send an picture to as an attachement come through ether 1/10 of the top showing up or not at all.

It all most seam like it started to put the picture make together and forgot how to assemble it at the other end. I can send a picture from my wife pc to me going thru the same connection and the same ISP and it come in just fine, if I take that picture and resend it to my self to my computer its all missed up. Why? any reasons? I have checked all that I know how or what to check and now I'm at the end of my rope with this problem, needing very much help.

Larry

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