E-mail image problem - Correction

[Ed Greshko]

On 06/21/2012 09:26 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
> On 20/06/12 21:00, Ed Greshko wrote:
>> On 06/21/2012 08:55 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
>>> On 20/06/12 20:03, Ed Greshko wrote:
>>>> On 06/21/2012 04:56 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
>>>>>      He says he sent that from his phone but he tried from his computer
>>>>>      earlier and just over the last few days I've had several episodes
>>>>>      like that from several correspondents, all running some version of
>>>>>      Windows.
>>>>>
>>>>>      Any thoughts on what is wrong?
>>>> You say the other side is running various versions of windows....  Have you seen or
>>>> have you gotten any emails with images from non-windows users?
>>>     Not since this problem became manifest, only Windows, I can get
>>>     someone to send an image from a Mac as a test. Probably later
>>>     tonight or tomorrow.
>> Would it be acceptable for someone from this list to send you an image file?
>
>    Anything to help define the cause. I do keep it set not to download
>    messages larger than 350 kb, which means I have to click to download
>    the image files in question but that has never been a problem in the
>    past.

You could even send messages to yourself....

>
>>
>> Do you have it configured for keeping emails on gmail?  If so, what happens if you
>> use their web GUI to check your emails?
>>
>
>    I had to look, but yes it is set to leave messages on their server,
>    I don't usually do that but I've been testing another computer F-17,
>    and that must have seemed like a good idea at the time? Easy enough
>    to change if you think it might cause trouble but again this is all
>    stuff I've done in the past without running into problems.
>

So, to confirm, you go to the web gui and the images are OK?

FWIW, I don't use POP I use IMAP.  However, some of my friends use POP and they
always keep their message on gmail as a "backup".  So, I would not advise changing
that setting and don't think it has any effect on your problem.



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