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From: Zac Thompson on 29 Mar 2010 11:47 "Zac Thompson" <ZThompson0901(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:eDXzIX1zKHA.6140(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > > "Zac Thompson" <ZThompson0901(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:eAq2$R1zKHA.3884(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> >> "Twayne" <nobody(a)spamcop.net> wrote in message >> news:u$jvQrIuKHA.4908(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >>> In news:B48C1C9D-7B56-4B87-B67F-091321113481(a)microsoft.com, >>> Kjw <Kjw(a)discussions.microsoft.com> typed: >>>> Yes, he sends his emails in one go but the people I have asked are >>>> using the same internet service I am and he does also. Their email is >>>> fine with no red x. BUT, all other email from others I get has the >>>> pictures even from the same internet service that we use. If it was >>>> something on my end wouldn't it be doing it with all of my email and >>>> not just the ones from him? I have tried Thunderbird and it is doing >>>> the same thing. No pictures. No, I don't have Outlook Express set to >>>> not accept attachments that could be dangerous? That has been turned >>>> off and still is. It's just strange to me that I get embedded >>>> pictures just fine from everyone except him and that others get it >>>> just fine from him even though we all use the same internet service. >>> >>> Hmm, beats me! All I can think of is to go thru OE's Tools; Option and >>> Control Panel's Internet Options, looking in each tab for anything that >>> might cause it. Did you try CTRL-ALT-H, just for grins? Probably not >>> the fix, but ... can't hurt. >>> I'd ask your ISP about it too; they might have something turned on >>> that you're not aware of. >>> Beyond that, all that's left is file corruption or malware, AFAIK right >>> now. >>> >>> Hope you'll let us know when you get it solved? >>> >>> HTH, >>> >>> Twayne >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> "Twayne" wrote: >>>> >>>>> In news:618E6913-622A-4EB4-812E-EE2DD9CA6248(a)microsoft.com, >>>>> Kjw <Kjw(a)discussions.microsoft.com> typed: >>>>>> Yes, he is forwarding them but no he nor any of the others are AOL >>>>>> subscribers. Yes, I can send myself one with the graphics showing >>>>>> and can receive from others with it showing. But, this is the >>>>>> strange part, he is sending these messages all as a group. He and >>>>>> others including myself all use the same internet service. The >>>>>> others get these same emails with the graphics showing. If it was >>>>>> on my end, I wouldn't be receiving from myself and others with the >>>>>> graphics showing, would I. Plus, if it was on his end, the others >>>>>> that he sent it to at the same time as myself wouldn't be getting >>>>>> them with the graphics showing, would they? This is weird. Can >>>>>> anyone explain this? >>>>>> >>>>>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Is he Forwarding all of these messages and is he an AOL subscriber >>>>>>> and/or are the other recipients AOL subscribers? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If you can send yourself an HTML message with embedded graphics and >>>>>>> you can see the graphics, not a Red X, in the received email, the >>>>>>> problem is NOT on your end. >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) >>>>>>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Kjw wrote: >>>>>>>> I know this subject has been discussed before but I haven't found >>>>>>>> anything that covers my problem. All email I receive from this one >>>>>>>> person has the red >>>>>>>> x if there is a picture in it. BUT, all email I get with pictures >>>>>>>> from others works fine. Before you tell me it's on his end, he >>>>>>>> also sends it to several other people I know and they say theirs >>>>>>>> has the picutres and NOT the red x. I have checked my firewall, >>>>>>>> virus, etc. settings and can not find the problem. It's strange >>>>>>>> to me that all email works except the ones from him and that >>>>>>>> others gets the same email from him that is sent at the same time >>>>>>>> and theirs has the picture. It seems like if it's a setting on my >>>>>>>> end, then why are the others working? Plus, if it's something he's >>>>>>>> doing, why does everyone else get it with the picture and not the >>>>>>>> red x? Can anyone explain this? This is weird. Thanks. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> . >>>>> >>>>> Assuming he sends all the mails in one go and not separate sessions, >>>>> then if some recipien ts see the images OK and some do not, it is >>>>> NOT anything at his end. It's highly likely to be a setting on your >>>>> own computer's client or in your account settings at your ISP. >>>>> >>>>> Too many variables/possibilities and too little detail to target a >>>>> response accurately, but ... >>>>> -- Is your ISP scraping and deleting the attachments? Usually that's >>>>> a selection around the AV protection area of the ISP's settings, on >>>>> his server. >>>>> -- Are you the only one in your group that uses your particular >>>>> ISP? ISPs can have differeing settings and defaults so if ISP X >>>>> works OK, that doesn't really say ISP Y will work OK. >>>>> -- Have you set your client Options to not accept attachments that >>>>> could be dangerous? If so, turn it off. >>>>> -- The fact that others see them isn't helpful unless you also know >>>>> that all the others are using the SAME mail client and version of >>>>> their mail client as you are using, have all selected the same virus >>>>> and spam an d attatchmen t settings the ISP may offer and all are >>>>> identical. -- Have you, just for grins, tried installing Thunderbird >>>>> or any other mail client to see if it sees the images OK? If another >>>>> client does see them, then it's going to be some setting on your >>>>> end. Actually that's what I suspect it's going to end up being >>>>> anyway. Try comparing you computer account and ISP settings with >>>>> someone and look for differences, and/ore try installing a different >>>>> mail client. The browser counterpart of Thunderbird is FireFox - an >>>>> excellent browser with only a couple very annoying "features" but >>>>> they're harmless. >>>>> >>>>> HTH, >>>>> >>>>> Twayne >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> -- >>>>> Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered >>>>> through personal experience does not become a >>>>> part of the moral tissue. >>>>> >>>>> . >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered >>> through personal experience does not become a >>> part of the moral tissue. >> >> > >
From: Zac Thompson on 29 Mar 2010 11:47 "Zac Thompson" <ZThompson0901(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:OxyPHS1zKHA.1796(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > > "Twayne" <nobody(a)spamcop.net> wrote in message > news:O89M7VkuKHA.5008(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> In news:F3B89C4B-D88D-4D14-AD3E-222D96772175(a)microsoft.com, >> Kjw <Kjw(a)discussions.microsoft.com> typed: >>> If my virus protection was causing this problem, wouldn't I be >>> getting the Red x with all email I get and not just from this one >>> person? And that is the way it is, just him and just to me. >> >> It doesn't sound like your AV is the problem, but it's worth checking out >> if nothing else seems to help. I haven't seen anything but anecdotal >> evidence that AV messes with incoming mail; only outgoing. >> Since it's just the one sender, and it's consistant, it could however >> be a problem at his end with AV, or his ISP is preventing such images, or >> your ISP could too if they were so inclined. Is he using a free account >> somewhere to send those? They might be blocking images. >> >> Here's a test you could try if it's feasible: Have someone else that gets >> his images OK send one of the ones you cannot read to you and see if you >> can read that. If not, then you probably have a problem with file >> associations or similar. >> >> Another one: When you receive a "red x", is the file of an appropriate >> size? In ohter words, is the image even IN the mail that you receive? >> If it's not, then either he has messed up somehow or one of your ISPs is >> stripping it out for some reason. Somehow an ISP might be seeing them as >> dangerous images and stripping them out, but they SHOULD be teling you if >> they do that. >> If it IS there, then it's something at your end for sure. >> Look at the mail's source code: You should normally see whatever he >> wrote to you in the body of the message, plus a lot of meaningless >> numbers, many screens worth, that make up the image. In Outlook Express >> it's CTRL-F3 to see the code, but I don't know other programs methods. >> Your Headers don't look like you're using Outlook Express but maybe WLM >> or Outlook? >> Who is your ISP? >> Who is his ISP? >> Is the image data present in the e-mail source code when you get a red >> x? This is probably the most important question to answer. >> >> Luck, >> >> Twayne >> >> >>> >>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote: >>> >>>> Disable email scanning by your anti-virus application. It provides >>>> no additional protection, it may be causing the problem, and even >>>> Symantec says it's not necessary: >>>> >>>> <QP> >>>> Disabling Email Scanning does not leave you unprotected against >>>> viruses that are distributed as email attachments. Norton AntiVirus >>>> Auto-Protect scans incoming files as they are saved to your hard >>>> drive, including email and email attachments. Email Scanning is just >>>> another layer on top of this. To make sure that Auto-Protect is >>>> providing the maximum protection, keep Auto-Protect enabled and run >>>> LiveUpdate regularly to ensure that you have the most recent virus >>>> definitions. </QP> >>>> http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/docid/2002111812533106 >>>> >>>> . Why you don't need your anti-virus to scan your email >>>> >>>> http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tutorials/email-scanning/index.htm >>>> >>>> -- >>>> ~PA Bear >>>> >>>> Kjw wrote: >>>>> Yes, my virus applications are configured to scan my email coming >>>>> and going. >>>>> >>>>>> Is your anti-virus application configured to scan incoming and >>>>>> outgoing mail? >>>>>> >>>>>> Kjw wrote: >>>>>>> Yes, he is forwarding them but no he nor any of the others are AOL >>>>>>> subscribers. Yes, I can send myself one with the graphics showing >>>>>>> and can >>>>>>> receive from others with it showing. But, this is the strange >>>>>>> part, he is >>>>>>> sending these messages all as a group. He and others including >>>>>>> myself all >>>>>>> use the same internet service. The others get these same emails >>>>>>> with the graphics showing. If it was on my end, I wouldn't be >>>>>>> receiving from myself >>>>>>> and others with the graphics showing, would I. Plus, if it was on >>>>>>> his end, >>>>>>> the others that he sent it to at the same time as myself wouldn't >>>>>>> be getting them with the graphics showing, would they? This is >>>>>>> weird. Can anyone explain this? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote: >>>>>>>> Is he Forwarding all of these messages and is he an AOL >>>>>>>> subscriber and/or >>>>>>>> are the other recipients AOL subscribers? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> If you can send yourself an HTML message with embedded graphics >>>>>>>> and you can >>>>>>>> see the graphics, not a Red X, in the received email, the >>>>>>>> problem is NOT >>>>>>>> on >>>>>>>> your end. >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) >>>>>>>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Kjw wrote: >>>>>>>>> I know this subject has been discussed before but I haven't >>>>>>>>> found anything >>>>>>>>> that covers my problem. All email I receive from this one >>>>>>>>> person has the >>>>>>>>> red >>>>>>>>> x if there is a picture in it. BUT, all email I get with >>>>>>>>> pictures from others works fine. Before you tell me it's on his >>>>>>>>> end, he also sends it >>>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>>> several other people I know and they say theirs has the >>>>>>>>> picutres and NOT >>>>>>>>> the red x. I have checked my firewall, virus, etc. settings and >>>>>>>>> can not >>>>>>>>> find the problem. It's strange to me that all email works >>>>>>>>> except the ones >>>>>>>>> from him and that others gets the same email from him that is >>>>>>>>> sent at the >>>>>>>>> same time and theirs has the picture. It seems like if it's a >>>>>>>>> setting on >>>>>>>>> my >>>>>>>>> end, then why are the others working? Plus, if it's something >>>>>>>>> he's doing, >>>>>>>>> why does everyone else get it with the picture and not the red >>>>>>>>> x? Can anyone explain this? This is weird. Thanks. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> . >>>>>> >>>>>> . >>>> >>>> . >> >> >> >> -- >> -- >> Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered >> through personal experience does not become a >> part of the moral tissue. > >
From: Zac Thompson on 29 Mar 2010 11:53 "Joy" <nospamjoymp2(a)bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:uIjtOASxKHA.404(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Thank you! > > "Bruce Hagen" <BRH(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message > news:uHJxdURxKHA.6020(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> Tools | Options | Security. Uncheck: "Block images..............". >> >> "Images are blocked when you open an e-mail message in Outlook Express on >> a Windows XP Service Pack 2-based computer" >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843018 >> -- >> Bruce Hagen >> MS-MVP [Mail] >> Imperial Beach, CA >> >> >> "Joy" <nospamjoymp2(a)bellsouth.net> wrote in message >> news:ezgRu4QxKHA.5132(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>> It's been a while since I knew how to solve the "red X" problem, but my >>> computer crashed and now that my computer man has it back and running, I >>> have the red X and I can't remember the setting to solve it; something >>> about security? Thanks. >>> >> > >
From: Shanel Rucker on 14 Apr 2010 20:30 OK ALL U HAVE TO DO IS RESISTAT "Joy" <nospamjoymp2(a)bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:ezgRu4QxKHA.5132(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > It's been a while since I knew how to solve the "red X" problem, but my > computer crashed and now that my computer man has it back and running, I > have the red X and I can't remember the setting to solve it; something > about security? Thanks. >
From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 15 Apr 2010 02:34
RESISTAT IS FUTILE! YOU MUST SUBMIT! Shanel Rucker wrote: > OK ALL U HAVE TO DO IS RESISTAT > "Joy" <nospamjoymp2(a)bellsouth.net> wrote in message > news:ezgRu4QxKHA.5132(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> It's been a while since I knew how to solve the "red X" problem, but my >> computer crashed and now that my computer man has it back and running, I >> have the red X and I can't remember the setting to solve it; something >> about security? Thanks. |