Evolution: Why are images not displayed?

[Anne Wilson]

On Monday 27 March 2006 15:55, Dan Thurman wrote:

>
> Thanks to all who responded.  I guess I am better informed as to why
> the default is to disable the images by feature.  It is a security
> feature to protect us from those who can cull your email address.
>
> Sigh...  too bad.  I just did not imagine IMAGES can be used to
> circumvent security.
>
Dan, I don't use Evolution, but KMail has a feature that I find very useful - 
perhaps Evo can do something similar?

My default is to display only plain text, no html, and to display attachments 
iconised.  However, I can give further settings to a folder.  I have one 
folder to which I direct trusted companies, where html mail is allowed to be 
displayed.  What happens is that I see empty boxes where most of the images 
should be, and a warning patch at the top, like this:

Note: This HTML message may contain external references to images etc. For 
security/privacy reasons external references are not loaded. If you trust the 
sender of this message then you can load the external references for this 
message by clicking here.

A single click then allows all the images to be displayed.

Note, though, that you should use such a facility with care.  You have to be 
careful who you decide to trust and set up filters to that folder ONLY for 
people you can absolutely trust.

HTH

Anne
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