That's one of the nice features of Outlook 2003, you can set it to disable picture download. And if you want to selectively enable it for individual pictures or messages.
Kind of interesting to see what messages have "hidden" pictures. Cheryl D. Wise Certified Professional Web Developer MS-MVP-FrontPage www.wiserways.com mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 713.353.0139 Office -----Original Message----- From: rudy > Oh, yeah, turn off the Preview Pane (View|Layout|Show Preview Pane) in > Outlook Express, if you are using it. Embedded code (scripting) can be > activated simply by viewing an HTML-formatted message. no, leave preview on, just turn off html messages Tools > Options > Read > check Read all messages in plain text it's not just scripting you have to worry about it's images yes, images reading all messages in plain text prevents downloading "web bugs" these are little 1-pixel images buried inside an html message which let the spammer's server know that you previewed the message, i.e. the email address is valid ____ • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
