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John

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Jul 21, 2006, 12:58:25 PM7/21/06
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"img moz-do-not-send="true" replaces the original product picture.

What might cause this scenario in forwarded or replies in TB?

Thanks,
John

Chris Ilias

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Jul 21, 2006, 7:41:17 PM7/21/06
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_John_ spoke thusly on 21/07/2006 12:58 PM:

> "img moz-do-not-send="true" replaces the original product picture.
>
> What might cause this scenario in forwarded or replies in TB?

What do you mean by " "img moz-do-not-send="true" replaces the original
product picture. "?
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John

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Jul 21, 2006, 9:04:57 PM7/21/06
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    A supplier of mine sends me html in emails with product pics, links, and descriptions. One that I got yesterday the html did not come close to the product described in the Subject line of the email. Well, I sent him a reply questioning the fact that the product in the html was not the same as the Subject line. Evidently, my reply, which included the content of his original email included the "img moz-do-not-send="true" html command, which he said my email from him must have included, because the html image links that I actually got were not the links he had sent because he claimed some filter in TB must have inserted such command, which in turn, blocked the image linked to his site, and defaulted to the #1 item in his online catalog, and thus the image did not match his links' intention.

    I suspect he suspected TB because of the "moz" most likely equaled a Mozilla command which would block the intended image in the html.

    Does that help?

Moz Champion (Dan)

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Jul 21, 2006, 9:17:07 PM7/21/06
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Excuse me, but how in heck did YOUR "img moz-do-not-send" get into HIS
email he sent to you? It may have been in your reply, but if it was
there in his send, then YOU didnt put it there!

His explanation is a crock.

gwtc

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Jul 22, 2006, 1:14:46 AM7/22/06
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apparently, TB might be adding it. Maybe our good friend Ed can help
us: http://ed.mullen.home.comcast.net/Mozilla/moz_remote.html
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=77563&sid=6bb249aa2a099935d2e95a20d38d1f7d
http://email.about.com/cs/mozillatips/qt/et092201.htm

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Moz Champion (Dan)

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Jul 22, 2006, 1:35:46 AM7/22/06
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How can TB be adding it to a mail INCOMING! Sheesh.

The Originator sent a mail - it didnt point to the right spot because
there was a img moz-do-not-send within it. How could the RECIPIENT of
the email ADD that BEFORE he got it?

Sure, once he replied to the email, perhaps then it was added, but then
it would have pointed to the proper image in the first place and it didnt!

Whoever created the email put it in, not the recipient! Thats why the
creators 'claim' that the recipient did something is all wrong. The
email didnt point to the right image because the img moz-do-not-send was
in HIS creation, not due to something the recipient did.

gwtc

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Jul 22, 2006, 1:50:51 AM7/22/06
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when the OP replied to the message, the words "img
moz-do-not-send="true" was added and it was added from TB. Thats what
the OP is complaining about. He said he replied to the message, and
when the receiver looked at the settings he saw those words.

Look for yourself. Get a spam message, try one of those ones with
Software in them. And make sure it has images. Now, reply to it.
Double click on the pic so it brings up the Image Properties box, then
click on the Advanced Edit button, and look for the words.

Chris Ilias

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Jul 22, 2006, 3:09:38 AM7/22/06
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_John_ spoke thusly on 21/07/2006 9:04 PM:

> A supplier of mine sends me html in emails with product pics, links,
> and descriptions. One that I got yesterday the html did not come close
> to the product described in the Subject line of the email. Well, I sent
> him a reply questioning the fact that the product in the html was not
> the same as the Subject line. Evidently, my reply, which included the
> content of his original email included the "img moz-do-not-send="true"
> html command, which he said my email from him must have included,
> because the html image links that I actually got were not the links he
> had sent because he claimed some filter in TB must have inserted such
> command, which in turn, blocked the image linked to his site, and
> defaulted to the #1 item in his online catalog, and thus the image did
> not match his links' intention.
>
> I suspect he suspected TB because of the "moz" most likely equaled a
> Mozilla command which would block the intended image in the html.

moz-do-not-send="true" is an img attribute, that Mozilla users can use
to send remote images. For instance, the full tag would be something
like <img src="http://someurl.com/imagefile.jpg" alt="text"
moz-do-not-send="true"> If you are sent an email with remote images, and
forward it inline, Mozilla Thunderbird will add that attribute to each
remote image, so it doesn't send the actual images with the message
(bloating the message size).

I've tested this, and it is added properly. The images show fine on the
recipient end. In other words, the attribute does not replace the image;
it's just added.

I'm having a little trouble understanding if you're saying that images
are gone, or if the attribute it just added.

Moz Champion (Dan)

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Jul 22, 2006, 4:51:10 AM7/22/06
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But the the creator of the email blamed the wrong image on that being
there... How can that be? It wouldnt BE there before he replied! Thats
the point, the originator is blaminng the wrong image on something that
WASNT in the original email!

The argument is NOT that img moz-do-not-send was in the reply, it MUST
have been in the original document - so the recipient couldnt see the
right image - IF that was the problem anyway.
All I am saying is that the originator is blaming Thunderbird (which HE
doesnt use) for something awry in HIS original message! Its a crock to
blame Thunderbird for messing up the original, because all TB did was
read it!
whatever problem that caused the incorrect image, it MUST have been in
the original send- BEFORE TB added anything in a reply.

squaredancer

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Jul 22, 2006, 7:14:17 AM7/22/06
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On 22.07.2006 07:50 am, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused gwtc to
generate the following:? :

Dan can't try that - he doesn't get spam *lol*

reg

Moz Champion (Dan)

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Jul 22, 2006, 8:45:13 AM7/22/06
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squaredancer wrote:

> Dan can't try that - he doesn't get spam *lol*
>
> reg

I get spam.

gwtc

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Jul 22, 2006, 12:09:45 PM7/22/06
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squaredancer wrote:

Oh, right! What /was/ I thinking? ;-) :-)

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