Frank Murphy wrote:
> Josh Glover wrote:
>> 2009/6/1 Michael Watterson <watty at eircom.net>:
>>>>>>> This is all true even on Linux, with any arbitrary email client with
>>> display
>>> of remote images enabled. which is NOT the same thing entirely as HTML
>>> formated emails.
>>>>>>> Ah yes, I see the distinction now.
>>>> I used Mutt for many years, which saved me from this sort of thing,
>> but I think that Thunderbird will not request external image
>> attachments until you click "Save As..." or some such. In HTML mode,
>> you are likely hosed, of course.
totally, unless you set the HTTP proxy for the email client to a
local IP with no proxy running on it.
>>>>> Yep, TB has a "allow remote images" for each message.
> It can be overridden with prefs, to allow\disallow.
>> Frank
yes. Set in main prefs/options.
By default TB *does* load remote images as soon as you open the email.
--
Mike
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