Good Morning to all
How do i get rid of blocked images, please try to remember that you where
probably in this same situation.
And a good morning to David and z-mac
Hope you all have a terrific day
Plume
Love to help, but we need more info.... I think you may mean you don't see images you expect to see in Safari or Mail, but I'm guessing. Care to elaborate?
Happy Mac'ing
Dan
Good Evening Dan Millar
Thank you for responding
I have E-MAIL that come in from other people or i have sent E-Mail which have pictures to others and all it says is
blocked pictures.
What confuses me, is that this problem does not apply everytime or to every E-Mail.
Can you help, Dan.
Thank you again for your time.
Plume
Pictures (and other attachments) can be blocked from view by an e-mail application to protect the user from attack. HTML mail, for example, enables spammers know who is reading the spam by including HTTP links to images on remote servers. Your mail application is most likely blocking HTML mail.
The preferences of your e-mail program should let you set whether to block images in HTML mail.
Are you using "Mail" to send and read e-mail?
Following up on what Z-Mac added (http://www.mugoo.com/smf/index.php?topic=2151.msg5490#msg5490), if you are using mail.app, then you can toggle between 'Plain Text' and 'HTML or Rich Text' views of messages:
- Open the mail message
- Press Command-Option-] or Command-Option-[
Of course if the mail is text-only, they'll be no effect. But if the message were sent as 'HTML or Rich Text', the sequence above will
toggle between the 'Plain text' and 'HTML or Rich Text' presentations of the currently-open message.
PS. These sequences are also available as a menu items, but the names of the menu item names depend on which version of mail.app you are using, which is usually determined by which version of OS X you are running.
Good Afternoon
I am using Netscape to send my Mail
Plume
Quote from: plume on November 28, 2009, 01:14:48 PM
I am using Netscape to send my Mail
GASP! (o;
Do you mean ... "http://netscape.aol.com/" ?
Good Afternoon z-mac
Yes i have been using Netscape.
You used the( GASP ) which is not an encouraging word.
So please advise me what i am doing wrong especially if i am using the wrong Browser, and i am very much open for any suggestions.
Thank you again for your interest
Plume
If you are looking for alternative suggestions to using Netscape, I suggest either Safari which comes with your Mac and/or Firefox which you can freely download from http://firefox.com There is no problem to having both on your Mac. (I was surprised to see that Netscape was still being maintained. Depending on the version of OS X you are running, it might be fine. However duplicating your problem with a more mainstream web browser makes it easier for others to help you.)
If you are still having problems reading your email with Safari or Firefox, the following would be very helpful information to share with anyone trying to help you:
- The version of OS X you are running
- The version of Safari or Firefox which you are using to read your email.
- Your email provider. e.g Gmail? Yahoo? MSN? Sympatico? Rogers? other?
Chère Plume,
Ben makes good recommendations for browsers to replace Netscape if you are truly using the old Netscape browser. (What version of Mac OS are you using?)
If you truly are using "Netscape" (probably "Communicator") to receive and send e-mail, you should replace it with Thunderbird :
http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/
AOL bought Netscape long ago and didn't maintain it. The good people from the Netscape team left and formed the Firebird/Firefox team with the Mozilla foundation.
It's a shame that the several folks desiring to assist plume are having to first
guess:
- whether the problem is on a mac or a pc -- we're guessing mac since the query was posted here;
- what OS the computer is running -- OS 9? OS X 10.4? OS X 10.5? OS X 10.6?
- what email service provider is being used -- gmail, yahoo, msn/hotmail, sympatico, rogers, ...?
- whether the setup involves an email client or a browser connecting to a webmail-based mail service
So far:
- Guessing the built-in email client, mail.app, was being used, it was noted that one can toggle between 'plain text' and 'HTML/Rich Text' presentations of any mail message;
- Guessing the mail service was a webmail-based service, it was suggested the use of a browser more mainstream than Netscape, such as Safari which comes with every Mac, or Firefox (http://firefox.com); and
- With z-mac's insight, guessing that the email client built-into Netscape (Netscape is somewhat unusual a browser in that it also contains a built-in email client) might be what is being used, that a more mainstream email client, such as Thunderbird (http://getthunderbird.com), or mail.app which comes with every Mac, might eliminate the problem.
Has z-mac guessed correctly? Can you also share what email service provider you are using?
Good evening to everyone
I so very much appreciate the help that everyone is supplying.
I guess i am totally at fault for not providing enough information (My apoligies).
1- The Mac that i am using is a 10.5.8 (G5).
I have been using Netscape and yes i have been composing my E-Mails thru Netscape.
I have been successful with the E-Mail except for the blocked images.
I have downloaded Thunderbird but it will not let me use it.
I do have Safari and have use it from time to time, with success.
I have not tried to to compose an E-Mail with Images with Safari, so i do not know if i could E-Mail Images
on the Safari Browser.
But i will abide by whatever information that you supply me.
And again i would like to add that i am not a Computer whiz.
I do appreciate so very much all of your help.
Thank you again
Have a great evening
Plume
I'm Sorry
I forgot to mention the Internet Provider.
My Provider is Primus.
Thank you again
Plume
Quote from: plume on November 28, 2009, 09:10:04 PM
I have been using Netscape and yes i have been composing my E-Mails thru Netscape.
...
I have downloaded Thunderbird but it will not let me use it.
Thanks for providing more information, Plume.
So you are sending and receiving e-mail through Primus using Netscape. (Is it this? http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/14860&vid=59831&mode=info)
The reason why some pictures are not shown in HTML mail could be that the messages are being blocked from view for your security. Or that the Netscape software's mail application doesn't support the format of the image.
Netscape is old software. It's not maintained by anyone anymore. You really should try to move to Thunderbird.
What is preventing you from using Thunderbird? You can't install it? According to the release notes (http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/system-requirements/), your computer is compatible with Thunderbird.
There is of course OS X Mail, which is a very good e-mail program.
Would you know how to set up Mail to use your Primus account?
Quote from: z-mac on November 28, 2009, 11:02:05 PM
Would you know how to set up Mail to use your Primus account?
As usual z-mac gets to the heart of the matter. Were you the one who originally configured Netscape's built-in email client to connect to the Primus mail service? Are you able to view the email configuration and recognize these values:
- email address and password
- incoming mail server which might be referred to as the POP or IMAP server
- outbound mail server which might be referred to as the SMTP server
Without these values, you won't be able to try Thunderbird (or my preference, mail.app, which comes with OS X).
Good Morning,Good Morning, Good Morning
I apoligies for not responding,
It as been a very difficult time for me, for i have lost my Partner, which i LOVED so much.
She was all of my LIFE.
But to the problem that i had, i must tell you that it as been solved with all of your help.
I could not have figured it out on my own.
I did mention that i was not what you call a WHIZ at Computer.
So i hope that i am able to feel free to ask of your help again when need be.
Thank you, Thank You
Plume
Plume, I am glad we could help in some small way. Take care.
Thank you Again z-mac
We are extremely lucky that we have someone to relate to.
And there is always someone on standby.
Also a good morning to you David.
Plume
Good Afternoon to all
By the amount of People whom have viewed this file, its obvious that i was not the only person having the same problem
Have a good day everyone
Plume
Sorry, but I've been away for a while, and would have responded sooner to Plume for his loss. I have in fact had my own severe health problems, past and now present, and am just now back out of hospital, with likely another visit in the near future to try to determine the real cause of the present problem. In any event, I'm not here to whine, but to ask a question of my own. I have used several browsers over the decades, and like cars and shoes, they each have their good and bad points, and don't we wish that there was one with all of the good ones [Rockport is the closest I've come to perfection for my own needs]? I used Netscape myself since I found nothing drastically wrong with it for my limited use, but am now quite happy to use Safari, until told otherwise.
The question [finally]: What does Safari lack that one might benefit by using another browser?
Thanks,
David.
Shoes: Rockport or Bass (US), but the most comfort comes from a good pair of othortics.
Browsers: all have had and will have bugs. Apart from that fact of life...
Safari - the good
- likely to run better in OS X for obvious reasons
- works with media without further configuring
- Apple has shown strong commitment to making Safari a good browser
- has a version for M-Windows, for users who want the same experience
Safari - the bad
- cannot set Private Browsing as a preference
- nothing to compare to the Firefox collection of extensions
- no Linux version
Firefox - the good
- available to all operating systems; same experience everywhere, bookmark export and import
- Firefox collection of Extensions
- Private Browsing mode is a preference, and many other configurable security settings
Firefox - the bad
- installing a large number of Extensions can make the browser slower
Microsoft Internet Explorer - the good
- Private Browsing mode is a preference
- likely to run better in M-Windows for obvious reasons
Microsoft Internet Explorer - the bad
- M-Windows only
- questionable commitment; Microsoft has only started paying attention to its browser users again to direct searches to Bing (not Crosby)
- often makes the entire operating system vulnerable
- updates require rebooting the operating system
Google Chrome is "immature" but promising.
Good Evening David
Sorry to hear about your set back.
I'm sure you read that i had lost my partner.
You have to lose someone in order to experience lonelyness.
Take care of yourself.
If there is something i can do, please do not hesitate to ask.
A good evening to all
Plume