[X4U] Why do some images not go through on Apple Mail?

Charles Schneider schneidr at umich.edu
Fri Apr 25 13:36:00 PDT 2008


They both work just fine

Apple Mail 2.1.3
OS X 10.4.11

Charlie


On Apr 25, 2008, at 2:16 PM, John Dach wrote:

> The link worked.  Here is one to try that I typed in
>
> http://www.MLCE.net  and here is the link you sent that I typed in  
> http://www.cnn.com
>
> bet they did not work for you.  They are NOT colored like a link.
>
> John Dach
> On Apr 24, 2008, at 6:27 PM, Crandon David wrote:
>> Hmm...not sure why you have to go through all that hassle. I'm  
>> using 10.4.11, and Mail Version 2.1.3 (753.1/753), however, I've  
>> been able to just type or copy/paste since 10.3.
>>
>> Here's a link I typed:
>>
>> http://www.cnn.com
>>
>> did it come through OK?
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>> On Apr 24, 2008, at 2:59 PM, John Dach wrote:
>>
>>> For me, if I do a copy, I have to paste it into the "Add  
>>> Hyperlink" section under Edit then OK it.  If I paste it directly  
>>> into a Mail message, it pastes but it is not a clickable link.   
>>> If I type in a link, I have to "apple-X" it, paste it again into  
>>> the "Add Hyperlink" under Edit and OK it.  I am using Mail  
>>> Version 2.1.3 (753.1/753) OS 10.3.11 build #8S2167.
>>>
>>> John Dach on a 24" iMAC white plastic body.
>>> On Apr 23, 2008, at 9:31 AM, Crandon David wrote:
>>>> John,
>>>>
>>>> What "process" do you have to go through to embed a link? I just  
>>>> type it in or copy/paste it in and it works automatically.
>>>>
>>>> David
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Apr 23, 2008, at 6:38 AM, John Dach wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Apr 23, 2008, at 4:36 AM, Daly Jessup wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi all:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My friends who have Mac and PC's tell me that some of the  
>>>>>>> images I forward to them do not come through. For example, a  
>>>>>>> person will send me a humourous picture or picture via email.  
>>>>>>> Some of them I want to share with my friends. For reasons I  
>>>>>>> don't understand, any text associated with the picture will  
>>>>>>> go through to my recipients, but the images do not.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Some people have solved this by actually downloading the  
>>>>>> images to their hard drive, then forwarding the message and  
>>>>>> newly attaching the downloaded images.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Daly
>>>>>> ----------------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I have the same problem.  Sometimes pictures will go through in  
>>>>> a forward or a drag n drop or a copy and paste, and other  
>>>>> times, no go. I get a lot of pictures from others that are  
>>>>> shown twice too.  And sometimes a dragged image or movie into a  
>>>>> new e mail will be the size of a small postage stamp and no way  
>>>>> to enlarge it.  Apple really needs to fix some of this stuff.   
>>>>> I had used Eudora for YEARS, but something went wonkie with it  
>>>>> and my computer/system and after loosing my address book for  
>>>>> the 5th time (and reloading Eudora from my backup copy files  
>>>>> AND the site) I moved to Mail.  Again I really do not like it.   
>>>>> Also hate the way one has to go through the "process" in Mail  
>>>>> to make an active link.  Eudora saw the http or the www and  
>>>>> MADE it a link.
>>>>>
>>>>> Off to work.
>>>>>
>>>>> John Dach
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