OE Picture Attachments (.jpg &.bmp)

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When I e-mail a message with a picture attachment selected the picture is
received as an attachment, but it also appears in the body of the message as
a huge unreadable insert.

What do I need to do to prevent the picture from appearing in the body of
the message while keeping it as an attachment?

Thanks for any help that can be provided.
 
Thank you for your input Anando.

My question wasn't asking how to deal with the inserted image so it could be
sent in a reduced size (e.g., zip file). I want to know how to completely
prevent a .jpg or .bmp image from appearing in the body of an e-mail message
when I'm sending the image as a file attachment.
 
Format e-mail as Plain Text.
Thank you for your input Anando.

My question wasn't asking how to deal with the inserted image so it could be
sent in a reduced size (e.g., zip file). I want to know how to completely
prevent a .jpg or .bmp image from appearing in the body of an e-mail message
when I'm sending the image as a file attachment.

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Thank you for your input Anando.

My question wasn't asking how to deal with the inserted image so it could be
sent in a reduced size (e.g., zip file). I want to know how to completely
prevent a .jpg or .bmp image from appearing in the body of an e-mail message
when I'm sending the image as a file attachment.
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Since email systems usually are able to display most "picture" formats, you
need to "hide" the extension from it. By "zipping" the image, you hide the
image and save on "bandwidth".
 
This behavior has nothing to do with you or your PC. This
has to do with the receivers security settings. (view in preview pane)
(do not allow attachments to showetc...)etc etc.
 
There are newsgroups for OE. Try there.

You need to know which version OE you use and tell how you are including the
pictures. As much specific detail as possible will help- your general
description is rather lacking in clues to allow people to help.
 
1. As a convenience, OE displays certain graphic attachments in a separate
area, below the message.

Tools>Options>Security>Download images... (check)

and/or

Tools>Options>Read>Read all messages in plain text (check)

See
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2email.mspx

2. If the pic is huge, it's too huge. Resize it for easier viewing in email
(and for much smaller emails) or put it in a zip file and attach that.
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OE6-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
OE General newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org
 
'Put the picture in a ZIP archive and email it' is the correct answer.
The other option is to change the file extension to something other than jpg
or bmp. Of course, this means that the recipient has to change the file
back to jpg or bmp.

The real question is why is the picture 'a huge unreadable insert' ?
Is the picture is only part of the picture viewable (huge) or is it
unreadable?
 
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