jpg attachments are embedded in text of email message

at some time in the past (don't know exactly when), i noticed that
attaached jpg and other image files were visible in the text of the
e-mail. other types of attachments such as .doc do not get opened in
the text. i am unsure whether my attached jpegs are being opened and
embedded, or whether this is the so-called 'slide show' effect which
was an option in earlier versions of outlook express.

i am using a dell dimension 4300 with win xp home edition.   i have
installed service pack 1 and all other updates except for service pack
2.  i am using internet explorer version 6 and outlook express version
6.  in outlook express tools\options\send\ and both html windows, the
'enable picture to be embedded' choice was initially checked, but
unchecking in both places did not prevent the embedding of the jpeg.
the attached jpegs are still shown in the e-mail and can be opened
normally by clicking.  the embedded image is present in the message
before sending and in the sent folder.

i have nod32 antivirus, adaware, and microsoft anti spyware, all of
which give clean scans.  the computer appears to be working well
otherwise.

any suggestions for blocking the embedding/slide show would be greatly
appreciated.

Zip the pictures.
-- 
Ron Sommer

For your outgoing mail, are you doing Insert>Picture, or 
Insert File Attachment? If it's the former, you will see the 
picture as you create the message.
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    Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP - (IE/OE)
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Hi, Wendy,

I assume you are asking about mail you send.  If you
choose Insert | Picture they are embedded wherever the cursor is (Insert |
Picture is only available in HTML mail).  If you choose Insert | File
Attachment they are attached.  In either case the recipient will be able to
see the picture if they are using OE.  OE shows attached images below the
body of the message.  None of this has anything to do with the Slide Show,
which is nat available in OE6.  However, if the recipient has an older
version and has the Slide Show enabled, they will see attached images as a
Slide Show.

I don't know what "enable picture to be embedded" choice you mean.

If you don't want recipients to be able to see the images, why send them?

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bruce:

i use 'insert file attachment', for both the jpgs and other
attachments.  only the jpg or other image files open and are inserted
into the text. i also tried to attach pjgs with the e-mail monitor
switched off, and this made no difference. any other thoughts?

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Create a new identity and test it. Yours may be damaged. A 
file graphic attachment will be open when a OE user 
downloads the mail, but it should not be visible when you 
are in Create Mail.
-- 
    Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP - (IE/OE)
        ~IB-CA~ 

thanks again bruce.  we have 2 separate identities and both of them
behave the same as far as the jpg's are concerned. could the problem be
with the installed outlook express ?

Let's start from the beginning. You said that the graphic 
was visible when you were in Create Mail *and* Sent Items. 
Are you positive???

If you create an e-mail with text, and attach a jpg, you 
should see the Attachment field at the bottom of the headers 
with the attachment number in it, but you *shouldn't* see 
the jpg itself. Once you send it, you *should* see the 
graphic in Sent Items following the text of the message.

Is this what is happening?
-- 
    Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP - (IE/OE)
        ~IB-CA~

bruce:

i apologize for confusing you.  what happens when i attach a jpg is
that the attachment field shows up with the attached jpg, but no jpg
image is visible in the text.  when ii send the test email to my other
account, it arrives with the attachment field still present and with
the jpg image open and visible in the message field.  the original
message, when viewed in the sent folder, also has both the attachment
field at the bottom of the header,and in addition, the opened image in
the text space.  it sounds as though this is what is supposed to
happen?

steve chavin

Bingo! Now you got it. That is exactly how OE works. The 
confusion was only that the graphic appears after the text 
in Sent Items, or a recipients mail, *after* the message 
body separated by a thin line. Technically it's not 
embedded, but it is visible.  So what you are experiencing 
is normal.
-- 
    Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP - (IE/OE)
        ~IB-CA~