OLEXP: Image May Not Appear in Message Sent with Outlook Express (171908)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Outlook Express 4.0 for Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Outlook Express 4.0 for Windows 95
This article was previously published under Q171908 SYMPTOMS
When you receive a mail or news message sent with Microsoft Outlook
Express, images in the message may not be displayed. The image may appear
as a box with a red X in it.
CAUSE
This behavior can occur if the linked image file is not located in a
publicly available location. The file is not on a Web server or shared
network drive, or the file is located on a publicly available location but
you are working offline.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, the sender should use the Send Pictures With
Message option to attach the image to the message, or copy the image to a
shared location and specify that location in the properties for the image.
To do this, use either method:
To Attach an Image to a Message- In Outlook Express, on the Tools menu, click Options.
- On the Send tab, click HTML under Mail Sending Format.
- To enable sending images as attachments in every message, click
Settings, click the Send Pictures With Messages check box to select
it, and then click OK.
- Under News Sending Format, click HTML.
- Click Settings, click the Send Pictures With Messages check box to
select it, and then click OK until all dialog boxes are closed.
- Click Compose Message, and then click the message text box.
- On the Insert menu, click Picture.
- In the Image Source box, browse to or type the path to the image, and
then click OK.
- On the Tools menu, make sure that there is a check mark next to Send
Pictures With Message. If there is no check mark, click to select Send
Pictures With Message.
NOTE: You must perform this step each time you want to send pictures
with your newsgroup message.
- Complete your message and on the File menu, click Send Message.
To Place an Image in a Shared Location- Copy the image file to a publicly available location such as a Web
server (for the Internet) or a shared network folder (for an intranet).
Recipients of the message should have at least read-access privileges
to the shared location.
- If you are inserting a new image in a message, on the Insert menu, click
Picture. If you are modifying an image that is already inserted in
the message, right-click the image, and then click Properties.
- In the Image Source box, browse to or type the address of the
image, such as:
Internet example: http://example.microsoft.com/MyImage.gif
intranet example: file://\\MyServer\MyShare\MyImage.gif
- Click OK.
MORE INFORMATION
When the option to send pictures with messages is not selected, the
message contains a pointer or link to the image. The image
source points to the location of the image and is equivalent to the
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) <IMG SRC=""> tag. Because the image is
not included in the message, the message size is smaller and download time
is reduced. Also, the image can be updated at the public or shared
location without having to send another message.
If the link is to image files residing on the sending computer's hard
disk, mail and newsgroup recipients may not have access to the image. If
the person receiving the message does not have the file in the same folder
on his or her local hard disk, he or she does not see the image file.
NOTE: With default stationery selections, the recipient may or may not
have the intended image in the same location on their hard disk as the
sender. If the image points to a valid local file, the image appears as
though it was attached even though it was inserted from a local file on
the sender's computer when the message was created.
Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 9/1/2006 |
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Keywords: | KB171908 |
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