Henry,
I’m not sure why all this talk about previewing attachments. As
Randall said, his question has nothing to do with attachments. Instead,
it’s about <IMG> tags in HTML emails.
And as Randy said, the reason why MailMate can’t “strictly block”
1-pixel images is that, in many cases, _MailMate has no way to know the
size of the image until it fetches it from the remote server._
For example, here’s an <IMG> tag from spam message I recently received
(re-wrapped for clarity, and domain changed to avoid being tagged as
spam):
```
<img src="http://www.not-the-original-dom.ain/cljo8bq86/Cw4ear2u
2QPT6WIi5q6Mr2gNDEIIpk_24HKoK0Q7ulY/fSlEIVCxnTqw7304Z8k5-7DeoB8B
TUDm4NmMX28zpyXKVfWsVIjfNzFFKOiXLw399vfpzvuSHfoXwZGLWvq6TfyuQPAJ
OvdL7LOQ_tKLpSvPVXO1xJtHDimWEa5bpThzzWOgItSd6XMoWJdv7yKnLtzwcx3m
-zrp7icAZ_1CAcg”>
```
Can you tell that this is a 1-pixel image?
Neither can MailMate.
Hope this helps,
-sam
On 9 May 2022, at 10:00, Henry Seiden wrote:
Randall,
This seems like a good one for a feature request. SFAIK, this
condition has been the case (the one pixel image)for awhile in the
downloads list layout for the attachments window section. It is ultra
compact.
Try this to view an attachment from Mailmate to open a window in
another app fairly quickly, as a workaround:
* Open an attachment in an email by selecting it, with CTL held down.
* Select the option in the drop down window, “Open with Preview
(default)” or choose any other app there you’d like (e.g., Word or
Pages for a document). There is probably a setting to directly select
Preview, the default but I don’t know it.
* You can close or save from there.
* I tried this and the full-size version of the attachment seems to
open in Preview for me.
To be honest, it hasn’t proven that much of a barrier for me,
however. But we’re just kicking it around in this group. Thanks for
the detail. Benny usually monitors this group so he can get some idea
of interest and make comments.
Other apps (Mail, Outlook) provide a means to view attachments in a
larger form as part of the message view (still in reduced format than
a page view), but still readable. The layout used doesn’t do this.
So do you think a new layout with that functionality is the answer?
Respectfully,
Henry Seiden
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On 7 May 2022, at 22:05, Randall Gellens wrote:
On 7 May 2022, at 7:53, Henry Seiden wrote:
Hello Randall,
I use the download feature all the time to get single images (not
Download All) and get the full item in my Downloads folder where it
was set. Thinking that was the default, but not sure).
Further thoughts:
1. Could it be that your download isn’t being directed/specified
to the proper place? Maybe not since the 1px file link is there.
2. Does a restart of the app or the machine make a difference
MM Preferences>Default Downloads Folder>select/specify the folder
location (name/location), including a sub-folder. Note that in the
Menu page there is a checkbox to “Insert file link when removing
an attachment.” That may have something to do with what you see.
Mine is checked by default.
Have a go at those settings.
My version is r5895, but I think those settings are the same in the
release version.
Hi Henry,
I'm not trying to download attachments (I access attachments via
their icon). I'm talking about the "Download All" and "Download"
buttons that appear when a message contains embedded images. Some
messages contain many embedded images and it isn't possible to know
which ones I want to see. I appreciate that MailMate categorizes
embedded images as either "blocked" or "strictly blocked," but I was
hoping that 1-pixel images (which are obviously trackers/beacons)
were categorized as "strictly blocked" and that "Download" (versus
"Download All") wouldn't download them.
--Randall
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