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John Brown

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Jan 19, 2009, 1:50:29 PM1/19/09
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Friend who also has OE finds he can't view graphics in the body of messages
received - just sees a little black box with red cross within. What settings
should he change?
Thanks.

Bruce Hagen

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Jan 19, 2009, 2:24:38 PM1/19/09
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"Images are blocked when you open an e-mail message in Outlook Express on a
Windows XP Service Pack 2-based computer"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843018

There are a few more 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

http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/faqs/why.htm#nopreview

http://www.oehelp.com/noimg.aspx

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=246186
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BillW50

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Jan 19, 2009, 3:45:40 PM1/19/09
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In news:%233i5Lum...@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl,
Bruce Hagen typed on Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:24:38 -0800:

I don't know about the above links, but I have seen this on the senders end.
This happens when you copy and paste. As the pictures within the whole
document isn't sent. But they will if you save the pictures somewhere and
manually add them into the message. Pain in the butt if you got a lot of
pictures to send.

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John Brown

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Jan 19, 2009, 4:34:17 PM1/19/09
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Excellent - Thanks for speedy reply and info.
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Bruce Hagen

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Jan 19, 2009, 4:41:23 PM1/19/09
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You replied to BillW50. What was the fix?
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Peter Foldes

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Jan 19, 2009, 5:32:59 PM1/19/09
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Probably one of your links Bruce

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John Brown

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Jan 20, 2009, 8:47:31 AM1/20/09
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Yes, friend said that your links sorted it - which one he didn't say.

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Bruce Hagen

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TY.
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eugenewhite

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Jan 2, 2010, 3:34:40 AM1/2/10
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I only an empty box with an x in the upper corner.

John Brown wrote:

Why no graphics displayed?
19-Jan-09

Friend who also has OE finds he cannot view graphics in the body of messages


received - just sees a little black box with red cross within. What settings
should he change?
Thanks.

Previous Posts In This Thread:

On Monday, January 19, 2009 1:50 PM
John Brown wrote:

Why no graphics displayed?
Friend who also has OE finds he cannot view graphics in the body of messages


received - just sees a little black box with red cross within. What settings
should he change?
Thanks.

On Monday, January 19, 2009 2:24 PM
Bruce Hagen wrote:

"Images are blocked when you open an e-mail message in Outlook Express on a
"Images are blocked when you open an e-mail message in Outlook Express on a
Windows XP Service Pack 2-based computer"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843018

There are a few more 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

http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/faqs/why.htm#nopreview

http://www.oehelp.com/noimg.aspx

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=246186
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"John Brown" <Jo...@nospamthanks.co.uk> wrote in message
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On Monday, January 19, 2009 3:45 PM
BillW50 wrote:

Re: Why no graphics displayed?


In news:%233i5Lum...@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl,
Bruce Hagen typed on Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:24:38 -0800:

I don't know about the above links, but I have seen this on the senders end.

This happens when you copy and paste. As the pictures within the whole
document isn't sent. But they will if you save the pictures somewhere and
manually add them into the message. Pain in the butt if you got a lot of
pictures to send.

--
Bill
2 Gateway MX6124 - Windows XP SP2
3 Asus EEE PC 701G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
2 Asus EEE PC 702G8 ~ 1GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows XP SP2 ~ Xandros Linux - Puppy - Ubuntu

On Monday, January 19, 2009 4:34 PM
John Brown wrote:

Re: Why no graphics displayed?


Excellent - Thanks for speedy reply and info.
==========

On Monday, January 19, 2009 4:41 PM
Bruce Hagen wrote:

You replied to BillW50. What was the fix?
You replied to BillW50. What was the fix?
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On Monday, January 19, 2009 5:32 PM
Peter Foldes wrote:

Probably one of your links Bruce-- PeterPlease Reply to Newsgroup for the


Probably one of your links Bruce

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On Tuesday, January 20, 2009 8:47 AM
John Brown wrote:

Yes, friend said that your links sorted it - which one he didn't say.

Yes, friend said that your links sorted it - which one he did not say.

On Tuesday, January 20, 2009 10:07 AM
Bruce Hagen wrote:

TY.
TY.
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VanguardLH

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Jan 2, 2010, 3:51:14 AM1/2/10
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Eugene White replies a year later:

> I only an empty box with an x in the upper corner.

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@nomail.afraid.org FromTheRafters

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Jan 2, 2010, 1:36:59 PM1/2/10
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<Eugene White> wrote in message news:20101233...@bak.rr.com...

>I only an empty box with an x in the upper corner.

Thank you for including previous posts so that we can know WTF you are
talking about.

Did you attempt to follow any of the advice given to the original
poster? He's had a full year to come back and tell us how it went.


Twayne

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Jan 3, 2010, 4:03:10 PM1/3/10
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In news:es7iUq9i...@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl,
FromTheRafters <erratic @nomail.afraid.org> typed:

Even so, the red X means the program, whatever it is, cannot find the
graphic it is trying to display. The file either isn't there or is is
misnamed or misspelled. Anything more than that requires more information.

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Steve Cochran

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Jan 5, 2010, 8:14:14 AM1/5/10
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See www.oehelp.com/noimg.aspx Also check that you don't OE set to read
messages in plain text only and that you don't have linked images blocked
under Tools | Options | Security.

steve

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Twayne

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Jan 5, 2010, 8:57:41 PM1/5/10
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In news:20E27A34-FE5E-494F...@microsoft.com,
Steve Cochran <scoc...@oehelp.com> typed:

> See www.oehelp.com/noimg.aspx Also check that you don't OE set to
> read messages in plain text only and that you don't have linked
> images blocked under Tools | Options | Security.

1. Plain Text just simply doesn't show the images. There isn't a box with
the red x in it.

2. Reading messages in Plain Text is a good idea; it can keep a lot of
malware from running. ALT-SHIFT-H or View menu will let you switch any Plain
Text message to HTML also.

The red x in a box always indicates that an expected image file can't be
found, for whatever reason.

HTH,

Twayne

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