Can anyone explain why e-mail messages containing embedded graphics fails to display?
Case in point: I've noticed messages originating from the 'Net with embedded graphics often fail to display once they arrive in Outlook. We're running Exchange 2003 SP2, the Internet Message Connector and Outlook 2003.
I tested this 3 ways from my personal Comcast.net account:
1) With a .BMP file open, I copied & pasted the graphic into a new message that I sent to my
corporate account; RESULT: message arrived successfully with blank box where graphic
should have been
2) Next, I attached the .BMP file to the message leaving unchecked the Comcast option
to "display the attachment in the message body"; RESULT: message arrived successfully
with the attachment (as expected)
3) Finally, I attached the .BMP file to the message and checked the Comcast option to "display
the attachment in the message body"; RESULT: message arrived successfully with the
attachment embedded in the message.
How is my copy/paste in 1) different from checking the "display the attachment in the message body" in 3)? Is there a different encapsulation for one than the other?
John Mattern
Infrastructure Engineer, Senior Specialist
Sagamore Health Network (CIGNA Emerging Markets)
