Le dimanche 05 septembre 2021 à 18:48 +0100, Pete Biggs a écrit : > > > > > > Note that if the attachment was big enough, or with enough > > > attachments, > > > the client could take a while to display the email contents if > > > it > > > needs > > > to inline all of them. > > > > > With Thunderbird, in the old time, when I had a slow Internet > > connection, I decided not to display attached documents ... (the > > parameter is available in the menu) Now, with an optic fiber > > connexion everything is very fast ! > > And it is so fast with Evolution that I wonder wether they are > > already > > downloaded or not: I think they are, if they are: why not a > > parameter > > to enable to display them ? > > > I think you need to be very careful about auto-displaying > attachments > in email. Yes, it all seems to be very sensible - who wouldn't want > pictures to be displayed in line if they are available. But auto- > displayed attachments is one of the methods that viruses get on > computers. The only thing I think it might be acceptable for is > images, > but there are exploits for some jpeg viewers and malicious DoS > attachments are very easy to create. Autodisplaying some attachments > in > an office setting - e.g. dodgy, pornographic images - would likely > get > you in trouble. It just needs to be treated with a bit of caution - > perhaps have a "only display in-line images from known contacts" the > same way as for HTML messages. > > As for the download thing. That's not an issue. This is to do with > attachments and they are part of the message so are download anyway > - > you may be on the end of an optic fibre, not everyone is and large > messages are a real pain. The only images that are downloaded > separately are those on the web linked to from within HTML messages > - > and that is already all catered for. > > P. > I am very careful: * In my mail server (zimbra.free.fr) I maintain an address book I use only to filter received emails: all emails sent by a sender who is not included in the address book are sent to the trash folder. I regularly check this trash folder. * I use POP accounts, only emails kept in the server inbox are downloaded in my PC. I do understand what you mean. A parameter to enable the user to choose as you suggest ("only display in-line images from known contacts"), and the possibility for choosing file types to display (images and some others types) would be very useful. Pierre > > > _______________________________________________ > evolution-list mailing list > evolution-list@gnome.org > To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Re: [Evolution] How to display attached pictures ?
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