Many people like to embed images within their emails so you don’t have to open them as an attachment or to make it easier to get their message across. This is assuming you use HTML format for your email messages which most people and most email clients use by default. Sometimes allowing pictures to be displayed within your email can be a security risk but if you are careful about who you open emails from then you should be ok.
You may have noticed that when you open an e-mail in outlook you get a little red x where a picture should be. This is because the default setting in Outlook blocks images from being downloaded into your e-mail.
To allow images to be downloaded with your e-mail do the following. Go to the File menu and then to Options and then Trust Center. From there, click on the Trust Center Settings button.
As you can see there are a few different options you can change from here such as:
- Don’t download pictures at all
- Don’t download pictures in encrypted or signed HTML email messages
- Permit downloads from safe senders
- Permit downloads from websites in the trusted zone
- Permit downloads in SharePoint discussion boards
Now you should be able to see embedded pictures within your email.
