The alt tag for images requires an <IMG> element. See
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/objects/img.asp.
If you don't have an HTML message, then you don't have an IMG element to
have an alt attribute.
I have no idea on how other email clients handle things. I just know that
in a plain text message in OE, there is a lack of HTML elements (that's why
its called plain text), so you can't embed images in the messages, and for
sure you can't give those images attributes.
steve
"Michael Ray Brown" <velcrofaceNoSpam@yahooNoSpam.com> wrote in message
news:%23GiTb4ZfFHA.1048@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> What's the purpose of alternate text if it isn't to give plain text
> recipients something in place of the images? Mozilla Thunderbird
> implements this quite well. Use alternate text under your images in
> Thunderbird messages, and plain text recipients see the text where the
> images would otherwise be.
>
> --
> Michael
>
>
> Steve Cochran <scochran@oehelp.com> wrote:
>> Plain text messages don't have embedded images. So there is no "alt" for
>> the image when its plain text. An image then is simply an attachment and
>> you can't set the alt for an attachment. Try a CTRL-F3 on the message
>> and
>> you'll see that the image is not referenced in the message at all in a
>> plain text message, its only attached and there is no way to specify an
>> alt in such a message.
>>
>> steve
>>
>> "Michael Ray Brown" <velcrofaceNoSpam@yahooNoSpam.com> wrote in message
>> news:ugubrhEfFHA.3448@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>> Perhaps I was confused as to the question. The HTML copy in my "Sent
>>> Items" looks fine. If I look at the message source, though, I see no
>>> alternate text in the plain text section.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Michael
>>>
>>> PA Bear <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I'm sorry but didn't you say your copy of the sent message appears as
>>>> expected in Sent Items? If so, the problem is not on your end.
>>>> --
>>>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>>>> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE) & Security
>>>>
>>>> Michael Ray Brown wrote:
>>>>> I beg to differ. The problem is with OE not putting the alternate
>>>>> text
>>>>> in the plain text portion of the e-mail. If it doesn't get sent, the
>>>>> recipient can't see it.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> PA Bear <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Again, the problem isn't on your end, Michael Ray. If the recipients
>>>>>> would post to this thread (or to a newsgroup specific to the mail
>>>>>> client
>>>>>> they're using), perhaps someone might be able to help them.
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>>>>>> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE) & Security
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Michael Ray Brown wrote:
>>>>>>> My problem isn't with the recipient seeing the mouseover effect.
>>>>>>> There isn't anything to mouse over in a plain text message.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My problem is that alternate text doesn't appear in the plain text
>>>>>>> portion of the message. It's my impression that it should. Am I
>>>>>>> mistaken? Alternate text appears in messages sent using Mozilla
>>>>>>> Thunderbird. Steve Cochran <scochran@oehelp.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> There's probably two problems here. First, I think one has to set
>>>>>>>> the option to always expand alt images under Tools | Internet
>>>>>>>> Options | Advanced in IE. Second, OE is by default set to be in
>>>>>>>> the restricted zone, so any user with default settings will not see
>>>>>>>> the mouseover effect, as scripting is blocked in the restricted
>>>>>>>> zone. So any recipient will have to have those options enabled to
>>>>>>>> view
>>>>>>>> your message as you intended.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> steve
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Michael Ray Brown" <velcrofaceNoSpam@yahooNoSpam.com> wrote in
>>>>>>>> message news:e$ICQq2eFHA.2732@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>>>> My message looks beautiful, just as I composed it. Mousing over
>>>>>>>>> the image causes the alternate text to appear.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Michael
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "PA Bear" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>> news:OFl4Na2eFHA.1680@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>>>>> How does your copy of the message look in Sent Items, Michael
>>>>>>>>>> Ray? --
>>>>>>>>>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>>>>>>>>>> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE) & Security
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