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

[John Dach]

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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