Thanks Ronni. It's got me beat as well, but I can put the improvement down to no other cause than changing that setting, and the difference was immediately noticeable.
I guess I could test it by switching the setting on and off, but since it's not a problem, best I not spend the time. On 16/02/2010, at 3:48 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: > > > On 16/02/2010, at 3:28 AM, Steven Knowles wrote: > >> >> I use Apple Mail and Snow Leopard. Historically I've always had "Display >> remote images in HTML messages" deselected in the Viewing panel of Mail's >> Preferences. >> >> I had cause to change this, so the option is now selected, with remote >> images on display. >> >> I don't know whether it's coincidental, but suddenly I seem to have a >> substantial performance boost with Mail, and the computer generally, since >> changing the preference setting. I would have guessed it would be the >> opposite, ie. Mail now has to bring down extra data, therefore reducing >> performance. But nope, the positive difference is stark. >> >> Anyone know why this would be? Makes a nice change from trying to solve a >> problem! > > Hi Steven, > > I can't see how enabling ""Display remote images in HTML messages" would give > a performance boost with Mail, in fact I would expect the message to download > slower. > > From Mail Help: > "Some messages may use HTML to include remote images which, when retrieved > from the sender’s servers, reveal information about your computer’s address. > You can protect your privacy by not loading remote images contained in > messages you receive. > In addition, when you don’t load remote images, messages download more > quickly." > > From Take Control of Apple Mail: > For incoming messages in HTML format, Mail provides an option to disable > display of embedded graphics, which can signal the server that you’ve read > the message—compromising your privacy and potentially leading to more spam. > Go to the Viewing preference pane and uncheck Display Remote Images in HTML > Messages. > If you want to see the graphics in a message with graphics off, click the > Load Images button near the top of the message pane (or window). > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo > 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB > OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard > Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
