Don't Open Attachments Inline?

[Larry Ostroff]

Is there any way to prevent Outlook Express from automatically opening
attachments inline? I'd like to see only the text of the message body with
an icon for the attachment that I can click on If I want to view the
attachment. If I elect to view all my mail in plain text, I'll lose stuff
like bold, italic, etc. If I just block all attachments I'll get error
messages. There's got to be another way, right?

Larry Ostroff

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Save the attachment to Desktop | *SCAN FOR VIRUS FIRST* |
*SCAN FOR VIRUS FIRST* | Open attachment

[[To save a file attachment, on the File menu, point to Save Attachments,
and then click the file name. To save the attachment from the preview pane,
click the paper clip icon, and then select Save Attachments.

When a message has a file attached to it, a paper clip icon is displayed
next to it in the message list.]]

 

[Larry Ostroff]

I honestly appreciate your help, Wesley, but you didn't answer the question
I asked. Even if I save an attachment to the desktop, it will still open
inline when I open the message body.

Larry Ostroff

Save the attachment to Desktop | *SCAN FOR VIRUS FIRST* |
*SCAN FOR VIRUS FIRST* | Open attachment

[[To save a file attachment, on the File menu, point to Save Attachments,
and then click the file name. To save the attachment from the preview pane,
click the paper clip icon, and then select Save Attachments.

When a message has a file attached to it, a paper clip icon is displayed
next to it in the message list.]]

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In

Is there any way to prevent Outlook Express from automatically opening
attachments inline? I'd like to see only the text of the message body
with an icon for the attachment that I can click on If I want to view
the attachment. If I elect to view all my mail in plain text, I'll
lose stuff like bold, italic, etc. If I just block all attachments
I'll get error messages. There's got to be another way, right?

Larry Ostroff

 

[Wesley Vogel]

I have OE setup to read all messages in plain text. Sometimes
the attachment is inserted, not attached and there you are.

You might try posting here:
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress


--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In

I honestly appreciate your help, Wesley, but you didn't answer the
question I asked. Even if I save an attachment to the desktop, it
will still open inline when I open the message body.

Larry Ostroff

Save the attachment to Desktop | *SCAN FOR VIRUS FIRST* |
*SCAN FOR VIRUS FIRST* | Open attachment

[[To save a file attachment, on the File menu, point to Save
Attachments, and then click the file name. To save the attachment
from the preview pane, click the paper clip icon, and then select
Save Attachments.

When a message has a file attached to it, a paper clip icon is
displayed next to it in the message list.]]

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In

Is there any way to prevent Outlook Express from automatically
opening attachments inline? I'd like to see only the text of the
message body with an icon for the attachment that I can click on If
I want to view the attachment. If I elect to view all my mail in
plain text, I'll lose stuff like bold, italic, etc. If I just block
all attachments I'll get error messages. There's got to be another
way, right?

Larry Ostroff

 

[David Candy]

They don't so you need to prove what you say. OE does show attached pictures at the bottom of a post.

--
----------------------------------------------------------
http://home.comcast.net/~wizardofwhimsy/index.html

I have OE setup to read all messages in plain text. Sometimes
the attachment is inserted, not attached and there you are.

You might try posting here:
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress


--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In

I honestly appreciate your help, Wesley, but you didn't answer the
question I asked. Even if I save an attachment to the desktop, it
will still open inline when I open the message body.

Larry Ostroff

Save the attachment to Desktop | *SCAN FOR VIRUS FIRST* |
*SCAN FOR VIRUS FIRST* | Open attachment

[[To save a file attachment, on the File menu, point to Save
Attachments, and then click the file name. To save the attachment
from the preview pane, click the paper clip icon, and then select
Save Attachments.

When a message has a file attached to it, a paper clip icon is
displayed next to it in the message list.]]

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In Larry Ostroff <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Is there any way to prevent Outlook Express from automatically
opening attachments inline? I'd like to see only the text of the
message body with an icon for the attachment that I can click on If
I want to view the attachment. If I elect to view all my mail in
plain text, I'll lose stuff like bold, italic, etc. If I just block
all attachments I'll get error messages. There's got to be another
way, right?

Larry Ostroff

 

[David Candy]

But they aren't being displayed inline. OE just display pictures at the end of the message as a convience.

--
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http://www.smh.com.au/yoursay/2004/06/11/index.html

Two attachments here.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In

They don't so you need to prove what you say. OE does show attached
pictures at the bottom of a post.

--
----------------------------------------------------------
http://home.comcast.net/~wizardofwhimsy/index.html

I have OE setup to read all messages in plain text. Sometimes
the attachment is inserted, not attached and there you are.

You might try posting here:
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress


--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In Larry Ostroff <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
I honestly appreciate your help, Wesley, but you didn't answer the
question I asked. Even if I save an attachment to the desktop, it
will still open inline when I open the message body.

Larry Ostroff

Save the attachment to Desktop | *SCAN FOR VIRUS FIRST* |
*SCAN FOR VIRUS FIRST* | Open attachment

[[To save a file attachment, on the File menu, point to Save
Attachments, and then click the file name. To save the attachment
from the preview pane, click the paper clip icon, and then select
Save Attachments.

When a message has a file attached to it, a paper clip icon is
displayed next to it in the message list.]]

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In Larry Ostroff <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Is there any way to prevent Outlook Express from automatically
opening attachments inline? I'd like to see only the text of the
message body with an icon for the attachment that I can click on
If I want to view the attachment. If I elect to view all my mail
in plain text, I'll lose stuff like bold, italic, etc. If I just
block all attachments I'll get error messages. There's got to be
another way, right?

Larry Ostroff

 

[Wesley Vogel]

It looks like I missed the actual meaning of inline.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In

But they aren't being displayed inline. OE just display pictures at
the end of the message as a convience.

--
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.smh.com.au/yoursay/2004/06/11/index.html

Two attachments here.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In

They don't so you need to prove what you say. OE does show attached
pictures at the bottom of a post.

--
----------------------------------------------------------
http://home.comcast.net/~wizardofwhimsy/index.html
I have OE setup to read all messages in plain text. Sometimes
the attachment is inserted, not attached and there you are.

You might try posting here:
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress


--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In Larry Ostroff <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
I honestly appreciate your help, Wesley, but you didn't answer the
question I asked. Even if I save an attachment to the desktop, it
will still open inline when I open the message body.

Larry Ostroff

Save the attachment to Desktop | *SCAN FOR VIRUS FIRST* |
*SCAN FOR VIRUS FIRST* | Open attachment

[[To save a file attachment, on the File menu, point to Save
Attachments, and then click the file name. To save the attachment
from the preview pane, click the paper clip icon, and then select
Save Attachments.

When a message has a file attached to it, a paper clip icon is
displayed next to it in the message list.]]

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In Larry Ostroff <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Is there any way to prevent Outlook Express from automatically
opening attachments inline? I'd like to see only the text of the
message body with an icon for the attachment that I can click on
If I want to view the attachment. If I elect to view all my mail
in plain text, I'll lose stuff like bold, italic, etc. If I just
block all attachments I'll get error messages. There's got to be
another way, right?

Larry Ostroff

 

[David Candy]

That's because there is no such thing as an inline attachment. You either have attachments or you have inline. If inline must be a html post as text can't have inline anything.

--
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.smh.com.au/yoursay/2004/06/11/index.html

It looks like I missed the actual meaning of inline.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In

But they aren't being displayed inline. OE just display pictures at
the end of the message as a convience.

--
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.smh.com.au/yoursay/2004/06/11/index.html

Two attachments here.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In David Candy <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
They don't so you need to prove what you say. OE does show attached
pictures at the bottom of a post.

--
----------------------------------------------------------
http://home.comcast.net/~wizardofwhimsy/index.html
I have OE setup to read all messages in plain text. Sometimes
the attachment is inserted, not attached and there you are.

You might try posting here:
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress


--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In Larry Ostroff <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
I honestly appreciate your help, Wesley, but you didn't answer the
question I asked. Even if I save an attachment to the desktop, it
will still open inline when I open the message body.

Larry Ostroff

Save the attachment to Desktop | *SCAN FOR VIRUS FIRST* |
*SCAN FOR VIRUS FIRST* | Open attachment

[[To save a file attachment, on the File menu, point to Save
Attachments, and then click the file name. To save the attachment
from the preview pane, click the paper clip icon, and then select
Save Attachments.

When a message has a file attached to it, a paper clip icon is
displayed next to it in the message list.]]

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In Larry Ostroff <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Is there any way to prevent Outlook Express from automatically
opening attachments inline? I'd like to see only the text of the
message body with an icon for the attachment that I can click on
If I want to view the attachment. If I elect to view all my mail
in plain text, I'll lose stuff like bold, italic, etc. If I just
block all attachments I'll get error messages. There's got to be
another way, right?

Larry Ostroff

 

[Larry Ostroff]

Hey guys, I wasn't looking to start any fights. I was the one who used the
term 'inline' and I know what it means. Sheesh.

If Outlook Express is set to read HTML e-mail and someone sends you an email
with an attached picture, when you open the message body, you see the
picture in the body of the e-mail. That's "inline" - or at least that's what
it was called in the Netscape browser I used in the old days. I don't want
the picture to open in the message body.

If you set OE to read email in plain text, you also lose bolding, italics
and similar types of formatting.

Look, if it can't be done, it can't be done. Let's give it a rest.

Larry Ostroff

That's because there is no such thing as an inline attachment. You either
have attachments or you have inline. If inline must be a html post as text
can't have inline anything.

--
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.smh.com.au/yoursay/2004/06/11/index.html

It looks like I missed the actual meaning of inline.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In

But they aren't being displayed inline. OE just display pictures at
the end of the message as a convience.

--
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.smh.com.au/yoursay/2004/06/11/index.html

Two attachments here.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In David Candy <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
They don't so you need to prove what you say. OE does show attached
pictures at the bottom of a post.

--
----------------------------------------------------------
http://home.comcast.net/~wizardofwhimsy/index.html
I have OE setup to read all messages in plain text. Sometimes
the attachment is inserted, not attached and there you are.

You might try posting here:
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress


--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In Larry Ostroff <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
I honestly appreciate your help, Wesley, but you didn't answer the
question I asked. Even if I save an attachment to the desktop, it
will still open inline when I open the message body.

Larry Ostroff

Save the attachment to Desktop | *SCAN FOR VIRUS FIRST* |
*SCAN FOR VIRUS FIRST* | Open attachment

[[To save a file attachment, on the File menu, point to Save
Attachments, and then click the file name. To save the attachment
from the preview pane, click the paper clip icon, and then select
Save Attachments.

When a message has a file attached to it, a paper clip icon is
displayed next to it in the message list.]]

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In Larry Ostroff <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Is there any way to prevent Outlook Express from automatically
opening attachments inline? I'd like to see only the text of the
message body with an icon for the attachment that I can click on
If I want to view the attachment. If I elect to view all my mail
in plain text, I'll lose stuff like bold, italic, etc. If I just
block all attachments I'll get error messages. There's got to be
another way, right?

Larry Ostroff

 

[Wesley Vogel]

<LOL>

I don't know about David, but I'm not fighting.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In

Hey guys, I wasn't looking to start any fights. I was the one who
used the term 'inline' and I know what it means. Sheesh.

If Outlook Express is set to read HTML e-mail and someone sends you
an email with an attached picture, when you open the message body,
you see the picture in the body of the e-mail. That's "inline" - or
at least that's what it was called in the Netscape browser I used in
the old days. I don't want the picture to open in the message body.

If you set OE to read email in plain text, you also lose bolding,
italics and similar types of formatting.

Look, if it can't be done, it can't be done. Let's give it a rest.

Larry Ostroff

That's because there is no such thing as an inline attachment. You
either have attachments or you have inline. If inline must be a html
post as text can't have inline anything.

--
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.smh.com.au/yoursay/2004/06/11/index.html

It looks like I missed the actual meaning of inline.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In

But they aren't being displayed inline. OE just display pictures at
the end of the message as a convience.

--
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.smh.com.au/yoursay/2004/06/11/index.html
Two attachments here.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In David Candy <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
They don't so you need to prove what you say. OE does show
attached pictures at the bottom of a post.

--
----------------------------------------------------------
http://home.comcast.net/~wizardofwhimsy/index.html
I have OE setup to read all messages in plain text. Sometimes
the attachment is inserted, not attached and there you are.

You might try posting here:
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress


--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In Larry Ostroff <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
I honestly appreciate your help, Wesley, but you didn't answer
the question I asked. Even if I save an attachment to the
desktop, it will still open inline when I open the message body.

Larry Ostroff

Save the attachment to Desktop | *SCAN FOR VIRUS FIRST* |
*SCAN FOR VIRUS FIRST* | Open attachment

[[To save a file attachment, on the File menu, point to Save
Attachments, and then click the file name. To save the
attachment from the preview pane, click the paper clip icon,
and then select Save Attachments.

When a message has a file attached to it, a paper clip icon is
displayed next to it in the message list.]]

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In Larry Ostroff <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Is there any way to prevent Outlook Express from automatically
opening attachments inline? I'd like to see only the text of
the message body with an icon for the attachment that I can
click on If I want to view the attachment. If I elect to view
all my mail in plain text, I'll lose stuff like bold, italic,
etc. If I just block all attachments I'll get error messages.
There's got to be another way, right?

Larry Ostroff