How to avoid image spans ?

[Bob Bedford]

Hi all,

I receive even more often spans with images inside the message: Here is the
code of the image:

<img alt="" src="cid[email protected]" height="403"
width="798"><br>

Off course, the images src is done for "validating" the email address. If
the email is readed (and the image loaded), then the email address is
validated.

How to tell Outlook 2003 not to download images like this ? Outlook is able
not to load src="xxx.jpg", but not such images that are more dangerous for
email validation. I've created a rule (every time the src="cid: is found in
the body of the message) but it doesn't work. The messages aren't seen by
outlook, even when I run the rule manually.

Please help as since I validate my email every day, I get more and more
spams.

Bob

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

If the <img> tag's src attribute points to a cid: address, that means the image is embedded in the email message itself. It does not point back to a web site to validate your address. A web site could potentially validate your address with a src pointing to an http:// address, but Outlook 2003 won't load such images unless you specifically tell it to.

In other words, I think you don't need to worry about these images.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers