outlook express sux0rz

[arciced]

hi, in outlook express sexurity tab i have unchecked "block images and other external conten in html e-mail" yet so far its stripped the pics out of like 20 emails sent to me by a friend 🙁 can someone help this n00b thnx

 

[arciced]

i think i fixed it by selecting "internet zone" instead of restricted zone.. man outlook express is a pain i lost all those pictures, i never told it to remove them in the first place

 

[corkyg]

Explain what happened to your friend, and if he really is one, he'll re-send them to you.

 

[arciced]

i got her to resend. 8 out of the 9 emails had their pictures linked/attached stripped showing (0 bytes). only one email showed its pictures

 

[corkyg]

How big are the picture files? Some ISPs have limits on file sizes - also check your OE to make sure you are not restricting email receipts to some level below the file size she is sending. The image files can be stripped out at the sender's end and anywhere in between.

Try sending them one at a time with a file size not to exceed 200 KB.

You can set OE to keep a copy of incoming mail on the POP3 server. That way you can check them there to see if the pictures make it that far.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: arciced
i got her to resend. 8 out of the 9 emails had their pictures linked/attached stripped showing (0 bytes). only one email showed its pictures

/reads between the lines as to why the OP is so *ahem* hard-up for the pics 😉

- M4H

 

[arciced]

umm yea.. anyways, i use rr email. i can see the emails fine if i use the rr web mail, the pics are about 40kb. as soon as oe downloads them the photos are lost forever because it deletes from the server too

 

[corkyg]

You got something else at work here - OE just doesn't do that.

When all else fails, try Thunderbird or Eudora, or Mail2Web.

 

[arciced]

if thats true then the only thing i can blame is norton internet security 2007

 

[Tegeril]

Originally posted by: arciced
if thats true then the only thing i can blame is norton internet security 2007

That would not be an unreasonable thing to do.

 

[corkyg]

Originally posted by: arciced
if thats true then the only thing i can blame is norton internet security 2007

OMG! You never said you were running that suite. Sure - that can be the culprit. Disable it and try again.

 

[Tegeril]

And by disable, he means, uninstall and find a replacement 😉

 

[Wolfsraider]

Also get her to resend them , use rrweb , right click save as and volla you have her pics lol

 

[Robor]

Originally posted by: arciced
umm yea.. anyways, i use rr email. i can see the emails fine if i use the rr web mail, the pics are about 40kb. as soon as oe downloads them the photos are lost forever because it deletes from the server too

You can configure pretty much any Email client to leave the messages on the server with multiple options for when/how they are deleted. Look in the options and you'll see it. In OE I think it's the far right tab.

Edit: I should also mention that RoadRunner has a patheticly low limit on storage so if you're going to leave mail on the server make sure you monitor it. Otherwise your mailbox will fill up and mail will bounce back to the sender.

 

[arciced]

i dont know what the deal was with the rr email and oe.. but i signed up to gmail, and am using gmail's pop and smtp servers and no longer drop photos