At 6:28 PM -0500 1/19/04, barry wrote: >> Is there any way to keep images from downloading on my desktop from junk >> email? >1. open your mail online at http: or https://www.mail2web.com . Hi, Barry, thanks for answering my post. I use an old version of Eudora Pro that only receives text email. It does no html email. I don't think I can use web mail because I am on many lists and need messages filtered to make sense of them. I may get 300 messages in one day, not counting spam. >2. set your email software to open all email as TEXT, rather than as HTML. >not only will that prevent those annoying gifs As I said, I receive text mail only, and don't know why the gifs are downloading. They never did before - I don't think. Anne Keller Smith Down to Earth Web Design G4 733mHz (OS X.2/Classic) | Graphite iBook 333mHz (OS 9.0.2) mailto:earthpigz at earthlink.net http://www.downtoearthweb.com