[Hagrinas Mivali]

That "fixes" the problem for me, but does not really address the issue.

If we set aside any technical discussion of whether usenet messages are
email or not, there's still the pragmatic issue. OE distinguishes between
mail accounts and news accounts, but this feature does not, as far as I can
tell. I don't want to disable this blocking for email, but do for news. At
least I want to allow images (not "other external content") in news, but
want to be protected from beacons. I can't see how to do that.

Another problem is that this feature is very misleading. I thought that I
was protected, but when I went to forward a piece of spam to somebody, the
images all came up as soon as OE opened the window with the forwarded
message. In the past, I would have switched to offline mode before opening
the original, or attempting to forward it, but this time I got zapped.

Is there any way to truly block images in HTML email? Is there any way to
allow them in Usenet, short of allowing them in email also?

Jim Pickering wrote:
> Look again at Tools/Options/Security for the entry marked "Block
> images and other external content in HTML mail" and uncheck it. See
> if that fixes the problem.
> "JR Namida" <JR Namida@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:D4240308-CBEC-402B-A301-1FC1FF59EFBC@microsoft.com...
>> I can not view attachments using O.E. 6 in newsgroups any longer. I
>> finally
>> managed to connect this computer to the A high speed internet
>> connection and
>> downloaded SP2, and other updates.
>>
>> I only want to view incomming messages in text, I never want to view
>> HTML postings in the Usenet/newsgroups. How do i get O.E. Version 6
>> to display attachments (images) again in text mode?
>>
>> In tools> Options> security - I have already unchecked the "Do not
>> allow attachments to be saved or opened that could potentially be a
>> virus" There should be a place that allows image files to be viewed,
>> rather
>> than all attachemnts.
>>
>> What am I doing wrong, as prior to sp2 i had no problems, when
>> opening e-mail I had downloaded.

[Michael Santovec]

The issue is that In Outlook Express in Windows XP SP2 or Windows 2003 SP1, the following
features do not work when Tools, Options, Read, Read All Message In Plain Text is selected
(For a quick workaround for the current message, press ALT+Shift+H)
- Displaying attached images at the bottom of the message window
- Visited Links changing colors
- Right click a Link and select Add to Favorites, Copy Shortcut or Save Target As
- Dragging a Link from the message to IE or another program
- Unscramble (ROT13)
- View, Text Size

This is because the developers changed the module used to display messages in plain text
to one with less functionality and so less prone to security problems. The setting is
global to both mail and news.

Your forwarding issue came up because your default sending format is HTML rather than
plain text (Tools, Options, Send), since the Read in Plain text setting only applies to
reading.

As for seeing the image attachments, you can always read in plain text, then click the
paper clip icon to open the attachment to view in your default image viewer.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Hagrinas Mivali" <remove.to.reply@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:S92dnYXFW50NjDLfRVn-hg@giganews.com...
> That "fixes" the problem for me, but does not really address the issue.
>
> If we set aside any technical discussion of whether usenet messages are email or not,
> there's still the pragmatic issue. OE distinguishes between mail accounts and news
> accounts, but this feature does not, as far as I can tell. I don't want to disable this
> blocking for email, but do for news. At least I want to allow images (not "other
> external content") in news, but want to be protected from beacons. I can't see how to
> do that.
>
> Another problem is that this feature is very misleading. I thought that I was
> protected, but when I went to forward a piece of spam to somebody, the images all came
> up as soon as OE opened the window with the forwarded message. In the past, I would
> have switched to offline mode before opening the original, or attempting to forward it,
> but this time I got zapped.
>
> Is there any way to truly block images in HTML email? Is there any way to allow them in
> Usenet, short of allowing them in email also?
>
> Jim Pickering wrote:
>> Look again at Tools/Options/Security for the entry marked "Block
>> images and other external content in HTML mail" and uncheck it. See
>> if that fixes the problem.
>> "JR Namida" <JR Namida@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:D4240308-CBEC-402B-A301-1FC1FF59EFBC@microsoft.com...
>>> I can not view attachments using O.E. 6 in newsgroups any longer. I
>>> finally
>>> managed to connect this computer to the A high speed internet
>>> connection and
>>> downloaded SP2, and other updates.
>>>
>>> I only want to view incomming messages in text, I never want to view
>>> HTML postings in the Usenet/newsgroups. How do i get O.E. Version 6
>>> to display attachments (images) again in text mode?
>>>
>>> In tools> Options> security - I have already unchecked the "Do not
>>> allow attachments to be saved or opened that could potentially be a
>>> virus" There should be a place that allows image files to be viewed, rather
>>> than all attachemnts.
>>>
>>> What am I doing wrong, as prior to sp2 i had no problems, when
>>> opening e-mail I had downloaded.
>
>

[Hagrinas Mivali]

Actually, my default send option is plain text, but I also have the option
selected to reply using the format in which the original message was sent.
So I read it in HTML and did not see the images, but when I replied, the
images came up. That's certainly not what I would have expected. What I did
was a forward and not a reply, but Outlook didn't care. I'm not surprised
that it tried to use HTML in this case, but I'm still surprised that the
images came up.

My default read option does NOT have the "read all messages in plain text"
checked.

As for seeing the blocked images, it's no problem for email. The window
tells me where to click if I want to see them. But for news, there's no
similar option.

Michael Santovec wrote:
> The issue is that In Outlook Express in Windows XP SP2 or Windows
> 2003 SP1, the following features do not work when Tools, Options,
> Read, Read All Message In Plain Text is selected (For a quick
> workaround for the current message, press ALT+Shift+H) - Displaying
> attached images at the bottom of the message window
> - Visited Links changing colors
> - Right click a Link and select Add to Favorites, Copy Shortcut or
> Save Target As - Dragging a Link from the message to IE or another program
> - Unscramble (ROT13)
> - View, Text Size
>
> This is because the developers changed the module used to display
> messages in plain text to one with less functionality and so less
> prone to security problems. The setting is global to both mail and
> news.
> Your forwarding issue came up because your default sending format is
> HTML rather than plain text (Tools, Options, Send), since the Read in
> Plain text setting only applies to reading.
>
> As for seeing the image attachments, you can always read in plain
> text, then click the paper clip icon to open the attachment to view
> in your default image viewer.
>
> "Hagrinas Mivali" <remove.to.reply@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
> news:S92dnYXFW50NjDLfRVn-hg@giganews.com...
>> That "fixes" the problem for me, but does not really address the
>> issue. If we set aside any technical discussion of whether usenet
>> messages
>> are email or not, there's still the pragmatic issue. OE
>> distinguishes between mail accounts and news accounts, but this
>> feature does not, as far as I can tell. I don't want to disable
>> this blocking for email, but do for news. At least I want to allow
>> images (not "other external content") in news, but want to be
>> protected from beacons. I can't see how to do that. Another problem is
>> that this feature is very misleading. I thought
>> that I was protected, but when I went to forward a piece of spam to
>> somebody, the images all came up as soon as OE opened the window
>> with the forwarded message. In the past, I would have switched to
>> offline mode before opening the original, or attempting to forward
>> it, but this time I got zapped. Is there any way to truly block images in
>> HTML email? Is there any
>> way to allow them in Usenet, short of allowing them in email also?
>>
>> Jim Pickering wrote:
>>> Look again at Tools/Options/Security for the entry marked "Block
>>> images and other external content in HTML mail" and uncheck it. See
>>> if that fixes the problem.
>>> "JR Namida" <JR Namida@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:D4240308-CBEC-402B-A301-1FC1FF59EFBC@microsoft.com...
>>>> I can not view attachments using O.E. 6 in newsgroups any longer. I
>>>> finally
>>>> managed to connect this computer to the A high speed internet
>>>> connection and
>>>> downloaded SP2, and other updates.
>>>>
>>>> I only want to view incomming messages in text, I never want to
>>>> view HTML postings in the Usenet/newsgroups. How do i get O.E. Version
>>>> 6 to display attachments (images) again in text mode?
>>>>
>>>> In tools> Options> security - I have already unchecked the "Do not
>>>> allow attachments to be saved or opened that could potentially be a
>>>> virus" There should be a place that allows image files to be
>>>> viewed, rather than all attachemnts.
>>>>
>>>> What am I doing wrong, as prior to sp2 i had no problems, when
>>>> opening e-mail I had downloaded.