Images in HTML emails in Modest
 

Am I missing something, or can Modest _still_ not display images in HTML emails? I've searched but found nothing. If this is the case, I will open a bug for it; I think it's safe to say that this isn't an enhancement.

I fully support not automatically displaying the images, but there should be a "load images" option like most other mail clients.

Re: Images in HTML emails in Modest
 

Try this:
http://www.maemoapps.com/2008/06/26/...-in-html-mail/

BTW: gconf-editor still doesnt show up in extras, you'll have to enable extras/chinook to get it AFAIK. (We should open a thread about the state of extras some day here...)

Re: Images in HTML emails in Modest
 

So it's an all-or-nothing thing then? Think I'll leave that off, I get enough spam as it is.

I'm going to open a bug, if people can vote for it?

Re: Images in HTML emails in Modest
 

If this bugs anyone else as much as it does me, please vote for bug 3691 at http://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3691

Re: Images in HTML emails in Modest
 

Voted.
........

Re: Images in HTML emails in Modest
 

Apparently, because this can be configured with gconf (which all users are _obviously_ expected to know), this inability to correctly render emails is an enhancement, and not a bug.

Oh well

Re: Images in HTML emails in Modest
 

...reminds me of my old QC days, when the programmers would close a bug with a WAD (Works As Designed) or WAP (Works As Programmed) status...

I would usually re-open the ticket long enough to add the comment that every bug, regardless of severity, can be closed with a WAP status (everything works as programmed, after all. Sometimes, it's not programmed correctly, however...), and the remainder can be closed with a WAD status (even if the design was poor and/or non-functional)... so, why do we file bug reports?

Re: Images in HTML emails in Modest
 

I see the logic, though. It's not a bug, technically. If there's an option to show images and it doesn't show images when you tick it, then it's a bug. Not having this option (on purpose) is the chosen design. Changing this design is an enhancement request.

Re: Images in HTML emails in Modest
 

benny, in 2008 not rendering emails correctly is a bug. And not showing images in an HTML email constitutes not rendering correctly, at least to me.

While it doesn't bother me to have to modify the gconf settings, from an average user's perspective this isn't much different to telling them they can download the source and fix it themselves.

Although, TBH, my biggest issue is with this being a boolean. I don't want to advertise my email address any more than it already is, but I _do_ want to be able to read my emails on my N800.

Re: Images in HTML emails in Modest
 

And for years, I've adjusted the registry settings for Outlook to force it into plain text mode so as not to show images. To my mind, pulling images from remote servers by default is a security failure and therefore, bad design.

I'll agree that ideally, Modest should not autoload remote images, but at the same time should provide an option to load one or more images at the user's request. That's adding a feature though, and certainly would be an enhancement.

Re: Images in HTML emails in Modest
 

If a browser didn't display images, would that be a bug? I don't see how images in emails are any different. I never send HTML emails myself, but I do receive them, and I want to be able to read them.

I agree completely with the security issue, which is why I've not enabled the download process on my modest.

Adding an option to make it at user's preference -> enhancement
Not showing them at all -> bug

Anyway, this is my opinion, and I'm going to opine no more.

Re: Images in HTML emails in Modest
 

no.

i use lynx here. it doest display images. this is why modern html requires authors to use the alt-attribute. html is a text markup language and not designed to be exclusively rendered with graphics. also, html says a user agent should simply ignore tags it doesn't know/can't render.

therefore, technically html-mails that rely on images (especially if they're not providing alt-descriptionns) are a bug. not displaying the images is a missing feature, in mail clients, browsers and anything else that renders html.

Re: Images in HTML emails in Modest
 

I have the same problem on my N900. However the point to note is I can see the images in the email body for my Gmail account, whereas the problem of images coming up as attachments is only for my Mail For Exchange account and the Image icon in the toolbar becomes greyed out.

So what could be differentiating these two account types?