Why do pictures in email sometimes show up in-line, and sometimes as attachments?

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I have a new Toshiba laptop. Sitting next to my old desktop, the same email, with inline photos, has the photos appearing in the email on the desktop and are no where to be found in my email on my laptop. Help. I have no clue why. There isn't any link to locate them, no indication that they should be there other than the text that my friend typed to describe the photo.

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No way to know without knowing what email program you're running.

Leo

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For Candy Cole - try to config your email to show it as text instead of html. this should show an attachment at the bottom so you can open the image.

hi can u teach me how to send an email where the picture is inline. will this work on all address or will it still depend on the user's settings?

I have windows vista and windows mail how do I transfer a picture from e-mail to a picture file on my desktop I get pictures sent to me by phone and would like to save them with my other pictures

I need to send HTML emails with links and images. Is it possible to send so that the recipient is able to view the correct email layout even though images and links may be blocked for security purposes. I am not looking to spam, just want my propsects to be able to see the email complete

I have the opposite problem. I want to insert pictures and .gifs in-line when composing my Hotmail messages, and not as a list of attachments at the end of the message. Any help appreciated.
Thanks
Paul

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