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Dan Thurman wrote:
> I guess it did not occur to me until now since I am starting to use
> Evolution's Email system... is that when I receive unsolicited email
> that are html formed, I noticed that *all* of the images are shown
> with the "X" images instead of the picture they are supposed to be.
>
> Is that normal?
It is, unless you prefer to let any spammer or phisher know that your
address is valid and you're reading their messages. :)
> One thing I like about M$ desktops over linux (fedora) is that
> "all of this mundane stuff" is mostly already installed so you
> wouldn't notice... images and most things are there and is taken
> for granted. That is the way things should be IMHO.
I don't know the defaults for an MS mailers, but if they show remote
images by default, they are junk. That's simply a bad thing to do.
Look up web bugs and you'll know why.
> Can anyone tell me what needs to be done for evolution?
I don't have evo 2.6 (nor do I even use it), but the online manual for
2.4.0 says this:
Some images are links in a message, rather than being part of the
message. Evolution can download those images from the Internet,
but does not do so unless you request it specifically. This is
because remotely hosted images can be slow to load and display,
and can even be used by spammers to track who reads the e-mail.
Not loading images automatically helps protect your privacy.
To load the images for one message:
1 Click View > Message Display > Load Images.
To set the default action for loading images:
1 Click Edit > Preferences, then click Mail Preference.
2 Click the HTML Mail tab.
3 Select one of the items: Never Load Images Off the Net, Load
Images in Mail From Contacts, or Always Load Images Off the Net.
4 Click Close.
There is more after that if you use a proxy. So check out the evo
documentation on your system to be sure all of this is relevant to
your version.
> I know that there are other sites to try to make things easy
> such as http://www.stanton-finley.net but come on... shouldn't
> these things eclipse M$ or at least get on-par with M$ who goes
> out of their way to make things easier for their customers for
> the express purpose of customer retention?
It all depends on what you want as a customer. I'm thankful that the
default setting in Evolution doesn't download remote images in HTML.
I value my privacy. If that's not a concern for you, then I
understand why you won't be as happy with the defaults.
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