graphics in gmail, etc?

graphics in gmail, etc?

[Sharon Kimble]

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I can get graphics, ie pictures, in newsgroups and in rss posts, but not in
gmail, and I'm not sure about normal emails as I haven't received anything
with graphics in it yet.

This is the relevant sections from my '.gnus.el' and 'testing-gnus.el' -
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;;; to get images in html posts
;; Inline images?
(setq mm-attachment-override-types '("image/.*"))
; You need install the ClI brower 'w3m' and Emacs plugin 'w3m'
(setq mm-text-html-renderer 'w3m)
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

What should I do to get graphical images in specifically gmail, and
secondarily my normal mail settings please?

Thanks
Sharon.
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Re: graphics in gmail, etc?

[W. Greenhouse]

Hi Sharon,

Sharon Kimble <boudiccas-rIDUbWZ4T7Pk1uMJSBkQmQ@public.gmane.org> writes:

> What should I do to get graphical images in specifically gmail, and
> secondarily my normal mail settings please?

There's nothing different between the two kinds of mail groups here.
Gnus does not auto-load images for mail groups because this is a way to
track you; having a mail user load an image from a unique url is a
classic spammer's tactic to know whether a message has been received.

See the variable `gnus-blocked-images'. By default this is set to call
the function `gnus-block-private-groups', which loads images only in
news (NNTP, RSS, etc.) groups. Because these messages are sent to many
recipients, the possibility of tracking one user with a special image
URL doesn't exist. If you set `gnus-blocked-images' to nil, this would
remove the block, but also put you at risk for this spamming tactic.

I would recommend just keeping the default and clicking on the link to
manually view the image, after you determine that it's from someone you
actually know and not a piece of spam or a phishing message that got
through filters.

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Best,
WGG

Re: graphics in gmail, etc?

[Kevin Brubeck Unhammer]

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W. Greenhouse <wgreenhouse@riseup.net>
writes:

> Hi Sharon,
>
> Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@talktalk.net> writes:
>
>> What should I do to get graphical images in specifically gmail, and
>> secondarily my normal mail settings please?
>
> There's nothing different between the two kinds of mail groups here.
> Gnus does not auto-load images for mail groups because this is a way to
> track you; having a mail user load an image from a unique url is a
> classic spammer's tactic to know whether a message has been received.
>
> See the variable `gnus-blocked-images'. By default this is set to call
> the function `gnus-block-private-groups', which loads images only in
> news (NNTP, RSS, etc.) groups. Because these messages are sent to many
> recipients, the possibility of tracking one user with a special image
> URL doesn't exist. If you set `gnus-blocked-images' to nil, this would
> remove the block, but also put you at risk for this spamming tactic.
>
> I would recommend just keeping the default and clicking on the link to
> manually view the image, after you determine that it's from someone you
> actually know and not a piece of spam or a phishing message that got
> through filters.

You can also type `W D W' in the article or group buffers to display all
hidden images. Might be handy to set that to something shorter if you do
it a lot.

-- 
Kevin Brubeck Unhammer

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