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Hi - Although not a serious problem, it is an annoying one seeing as how so many of the emails I receive these days are from friends who have added cutsey things. Is there any reason why OE won't display these .gifs and insists on making them attachments? Thanks for your replies!

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Since 's suggestion did not resolve 's problem, the issue usually lies elsewhere than the simple read-format setting. Common causes are sender-side packaging (Outlook sending Rich Text/TNEF which turns inline images into attachments), mailing-list or gateway rewrapping that moves images into attached parts, or client security blocking of externally hosted pictures. If the message MIME labels an image as an attachment (Content-Disposition: attachment) OE will present it as a file rather than inline.

Useful diagnostic steps (non-invasive): send a known-good HTML message with an embedded GIF from a webmail account (Gmail/Hotmail) to the same OE mailbox and compare results; view the raw message/MIME to see how image parts are declared (look for Content-Type: image/gif and Content-Disposition: inline vs attachment, or a winmail.dat/TNEF part); and test the same message in a different client or webmail to isolate whether the sender or OE is responsible.

Fixes depend on the root cause. If images are attached by the sender, have that sender switch from Rich Text/TNEF to HTML or plain-text (or configure their mail to use Internet-standard MIME). If OE is blocking external images, enable image download only for trusted contacts. For TNEF/winmail.dat cases, either decode the TNEF attachment with a helper tool or use a mail client that understands TNEF. As a short-term workaround, save the .gif attachments and open them locally.

Security note: automatic downloading of remote images can expose tracking pixels or unsafe content. Allow inline images only from trusted senders or contacts.

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Tools -> Options -> Read. Untick "Read all messages in plain text".

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I checked Tools/Options/Read and "Read all messages in plain text" is already unticked. Is there anything else that should be done or do I just live with it?

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