Unblock image downloads in Outlook - Outlook

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Unblock image downloads in Outlook

Applies to: Microsoft Office Outlook 2003

To protect your privacy from junk e-mail senders, Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 is configured by default to block image downloads from the Internet. A blocked image appears as a red X placeholder Red X graphic indicating an image can't be displayed .

Do one of the following:

Show Show all blocked images in the message

Click the InfoBar (InfoBar: Banner near the top of an open e-mail message, appointment, contact, or task. Tells you if a message has been replied to or forwarded, along with the online status of a contact who is using Instant Messaging, and so on.) at the top of the message, and then click Download Pictures.

Notes

If you want the message to show the images the next time you open the message, save the message.
To change the default so that Outlook doesn't block images in all messages, click Change Automatic Download Settings, and then clear the Don't download pictures or other content automatically in HTML e-mail check box.

Show Show a single blocked image in the message

Right-click the area with the red X placeholder.
On the shortcut menu, click Download Pictures.

Note If you want the message to show the images the next time you open the message, save the message.

Show Change the default so that Outlook doesn't block images in all messages

On the Tools menu, click Options.
Click the Security tab.
Under Download Pictures, click Change Automatic Download Settings.
Clear the Don't download pictures or other content automatically in HTML e-mail check box.

Note In Outlook, picture attachments cannot be displayed in line in a message body the way they can in Outlook Express.