Monday, 13 January 2014

Outlook Express: Unblock Images

When you install Windows XP Service Pack 2, graphics in emails will no longer be displayed by default. This is a security measure to prevent spammers from using web beacons from validating your email address.

If you don't know what web beacons are, here is a quick summary: they're specially coded images that are embedded into emails to validate an e-mail address.

If you don't like this feature and you want to turn it off, follow the instructions below:
  • Open Outlook Express
  • From the Tools menu, select Options.
  • Click the Security tab.
  • Uncheck the "Block images and other external content in HTML e-mail." checkbox.
  • Press the OK button.

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