M
mnusinov
This may be a bug in Outlook 2003 with no pending updates as of 7/30/06. I
sent a message with a background picture named "m31%20galaxis.jpg" using
white font because the picture was dark. Everything displayed normally on my
machine but the background picture was not transmitted with the message. The
recipient saw no background (all white) and no message because of the white
font. THERE WAS NO WARNING OF ANY PROBLEM WITH THE BACKGROUND PICTURE before
I sent the message.
After several unsuccessful retries, I sent the message to myself as a test
and noted the received message size (2K) did not reflect receipt of the
background (39K) yet I COULD STILL SEE IT on my machine. I checked the
background picture file name by initiating a FOWARD message and noted the
file name had been transmitted successfully and on my machine, accessed the
picture. The file name was not changed to a CID:... reference.
I experimented with the transmitted message by changing the name of the
background picture before I selected it and only got a successful background
transmission when I changed any of the "%20" characters or inserted a dash in
front or behind the "2". I successfully attached and sent the picture file
with the "%20" in its name so the problem seems only to be with BACKGROUND
picture file name.
My suggestion is to add a check into Outlook so that background picture
files (or any others) which will not be transmitted yet are otherwise
displayed or handled normally will be flagged to the user and rejected as
using an illegal name character (evidently for Outlook or the e-mail
environment only). This may also be a 'tip of the iceburg' indication of a
bug which would require more analysis.
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sent a message with a background picture named "m31%20galaxis.jpg" using
white font because the picture was dark. Everything displayed normally on my
machine but the background picture was not transmitted with the message. The
recipient saw no background (all white) and no message because of the white
font. THERE WAS NO WARNING OF ANY PROBLEM WITH THE BACKGROUND PICTURE before
I sent the message.
After several unsuccessful retries, I sent the message to myself as a test
and noted the received message size (2K) did not reflect receipt of the
background (39K) yet I COULD STILL SEE IT on my machine. I checked the
background picture file name by initiating a FOWARD message and noted the
file name had been transmitted successfully and on my machine, accessed the
picture. The file name was not changed to a CID:... reference.
I experimented with the transmitted message by changing the name of the
background picture before I selected it and only got a successful background
transmission when I changed any of the "%20" characters or inserted a dash in
front or behind the "2". I successfully attached and sent the picture file
with the "%20" in its name so the problem seems only to be with BACKGROUND
picture file name.
My suggestion is to add a check into Outlook so that background picture
files (or any others) which will not be transmitted yet are otherwise
displayed or handled normally will be flagged to the user and rejected as
using an illegal name character (evidently for Outlook or the e-mail
environment only). This may also be a 'tip of the iceburg' indication of a
bug which would require more analysis.
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suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.
http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...7bc81c40c&dg=microsoft.public.outlook.general