Evolution: images in HTML messages

[Ari Torhamo]

ke, 2005-12-14 kello 09:52 +0000, Eamonn Sullivan kirjoitti:
> On 14/12/05, Ari Torhamo <ari.torhamo at saunalahti.fi> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have so far thought that there's a problem in Evolution with showing
> > images in HTML messages, but just found out that one just have to change
> > a setting to enable them.
> >
> > I wonder if it would be better to make showing images the default
> > behaviour. Many inexperienced people propably think that images are
> > missing for the same reason as they are not beeing able to see flash
> > presentations or most videos. When people browse the internet they
> > always can see the images on the pages and don't expect to have to
> > change a setting to be able to see images on HTML messages.
> >
> > I guess the reason for the current behaviour is to save bandwith, which
> > is good in itself. One solution might be to enable images, but with the
> > first message containing them explaining the bandwith prolbem and asking
> > the user if he doesn't want images to be downloaded in the future.
> >
> > What do Evolution people and others think?
> 
> It's also a security feature, and many spam messages come with
> embedded images that point back to their server as a way to check for
> "live" bait. Not displaying in-line images is the default on many
> (most?) email clients these days.

This sounds like a good reason for the dafault behaviour, but I still
think it would be good to inform the user about this, give him the
option to enable the images and tell him that it's always possible to
change the behaviour in the future.

Ari