Vista - seeing pictures in email

I am using Vista, and Windows Mail. Most emails have a bar at the top "Some
pictures have been blocked to help prevent the sender from identifying your
computer. Click here to download pictures".
I generally click anyway, as the emails are from reputable sources. How do I
make this bar disappear, and allow pictures to download automatically?

This newsgroup is actually for Windows Live Mail Beta, but the steps for
resolving your issue will be similar in Windows Mail.

Open the Menu Tools -> Safety Options -> Security Tab. In here you will see
a section for Download Images. There are 2 options in here. If you always
want to download pictures - clear the checkbox that says "Block images and
other external content in HTML e-mail." However, I would recommend leaving
this checked, and leaving the sub option checked: "Show images and external
content sent from e-mail addresses in my safe senders list." When you
receive and email from a sender that you always want to display images from,
add them to the safe senders list. This can be accomplished by
right-clicking on the received message, Go to the Junk e-mail menu item, and
select "add to safe senders list".

- Mitch Dawson [MSFT]

"Best" <doyucare@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Make sure attachments and images are enabled:
Tools, Options, Security, uncheck "Block images..." and also
uncheck "Do not allow attachments..."

Also, go to Tools, Options, Read, and uncheck "Read all
messages in plain text".

Note: Questions pertaining to Windows Mail should be posted to
its dedicated newsgroup: microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"Best" <doyucare@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23X1ov%23dOJHA.4304@xxxxxx

Thanks to both of you & for answers. I will post future questions in WM
group. BTW, is WM being replaced by WLM?

Microsoft has designated WLM as a 'replacement' for Windows Mail.
All development work on Windows Mail was stopped around October 2006.
The team that worked on Windows Mail was shifted to Windows Live Mail.
Draw your own conclusions. ;-)

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"Best" <doyucare@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%233Zm6ueOJHA.4576@xxxxxx

Sort of.

Microsoft is no longer doing any significant development on Vista
Windows Mail (WM). As long as Vista is supported there will be security
updates and some possible minor other updates.

Microsoft's preferred free mail client for Vista and XP is WLM. That's
where their development is centered.

As long as you continue to use Vista and are happy with the WM features,
there's no need for you to move to WLM.

--

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



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"Michael Santovec" <michael_santovec@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uSALxpfOJHA.1744@xxxxxxAre there advantages to moving, beside the fact that it WM may not continue
to be supported?

The main advantage to WLM is support for Hotmail HTTP access, which WM
lacks.

Some other features of WLM that you may or may not be interested in
- Photo mail - the full size image is uploaded to a Microsoft server
(for 30 days) and a small version is included in the actual e-mail
making for a small message. Recipients can click on the small version
to download the full size one
- Calendar - in the works in the current beta

Some advantages of WM
- It uses the Vista contacts which integrates better with some other
Vista applications. WLM uses its own private contacts (although
connected to Hotmail if you use Hotmail)
- If you like to tweak HTML/stationery, WM does it much better than WLM
allows.

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



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"Mitch Dawson [MSFT]" <mdaws@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:16CF0395-D8CE-487D-A849-57EB602B7CC9@xxxxxxIn WM, when I try this solution, there is no spot shown to be able to show
images from the safe senders list. Am I looking in the wrong place?

Windows Mail does not have that sub-option for allowing
images from the Safe Senders list. I recommend you upgrade
to Windows Live Mail if that feature is important for you:

http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview

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Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


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