[MlMt] Download Images still downloads 1 pixel ones

[Sam Birch]

Henry,

I’m not sure why all this talk about previewing attachments. As 
Randall said, his question has nothing to do with attachments. Instead, 
it’s about <IMG> tags in HTML emails.

And as Randy said, the reason why MailMate can’t “strictly block” 
1-pixel images is that, in many cases, _MailMate has no way to know the 
size of the image until it fetches it from the remote server._

For example, here’s an <IMG> tag from spam message I recently received 
(re-wrapped for clarity, and domain changed to avoid being tagged as 
spam):

```
<img src="http://www.not-the-original-dom.ain/cljo8bq86/Cw4ear2u
2QPT6WIi5q6Mr2gNDEIIpk_24HKoK0Q7ulY/fSlEIVCxnTqw7304Z8k5-7DeoB8B
TUDm4NmMX28zpyXKVfWsVIjfNzFFKOiXLw399vfpzvuSHfoXwZGLWvq6TfyuQPAJ
OvdL7LOQ_tKLpSvPVXO1xJtHDimWEa5bpThzzWOgItSd6XMoWJdv7yKnLtzwcx3m
-zrp7icAZ_1CAcg”>
```

Can you tell that this is a 1-pixel image?

Neither can MailMate.

Hope this helps,
-sam

On 9 May 2022, at 10:00, Henry Seiden wrote:

> Randall,
>
> This seems like a good one for a feature request. SFAIK, this 
> condition has been the case (the one pixel image)for awhile in the 
> downloads list layout for the attachments window section. It is ultra 
> compact.
>
> Try this to view an attachment from Mailmate to open a window in 
> another app fairly quickly, as a workaround:
> * Open an attachment in an email by selecting it, with CTL held down.
> * Select the option in the drop down window,  “Open with Preview 
> (default)” or choose any other app there you’d like (e.g., Word or 
> Pages for a document). There is probably a setting to directly select 
> Preview, the default but I don’t know it.
> * You can close or save from there.
> * I tried this and the full-size version of the attachment seems to 
> open in Preview for me.
>
> To be honest, it hasn’t proven that much of a barrier for me, 
> however. But we’re just kicking it around in this group. Thanks for 
> the detail. Benny usually monitors this group so he can get some idea 
> of interest and make comments.
>
> Other apps (Mail, Outlook) provide a means to view attachments in a 
> larger form as part of the message view (still in reduced format than 
> a page view), but still readable. The layout used doesn’t do this. 
> So do you think a new layout with that functionality is the answer?
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Henry Seiden
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> On 7 May 2022, at 22:05, Randall Gellens wrote:
>
>> On 7 May 2022, at 7:53, Henry Seiden wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Randall,
>>>
>>> I use the download feature all the time to get single images (not 
>>> Download All) and get the full item in my Downloads folder where it 
>>> was set. Thinking that was the default, but not sure).
>>>
>>> Further thoughts:
>>> 1. Could it be that your download isn’t being directed/specified 
>>> to the proper place? Maybe not since the 1px file link is there.
>>> 2. Does a restart of the app or the machine make a difference
>>>
>>> MM Preferences>Default Downloads Folder>select/specify the folder 
>>> location (name/location), including a sub-folder. Note that in the 
>>> Menu page there is a checkbox to “Insert file link when removing 
>>> an attachment.” That may have something to do with what you see. 
>>> Mine is checked by default.
>>>
>>> Have a go at those settings.
>>>
>>> My version is r5895, but I think those settings are the same in the 
>>> release version.
>>
>> Hi Henry,
>>
>> I'm not trying to download attachments (I access attachments via 
>> their icon). I'm talking about the "Download All" and "Download" 
>> buttons that appear when a message contains embedded images. Some 
>> messages contain many embedded images and it isn't possible to know 
>> which ones I want to see. I appreciate that MailMate categorizes 
>> embedded images as either "blocked" or "strictly blocked," but I was 
>> hoping that 1-pixel images (which are obviously trackers/beacons) 
>> were categorized as "strictly blocked" and that "Download" (versus 
>> "Download All") wouldn't download them.
>>
>> --Randall
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