[MlMt] Download Images still downloads 1 pixel ones

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On 5/9/22 15:58, Sam Birch wrote:
> 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

You can't tell its size, but you can tell that it's either 
'personalised' and the object 'path' tells the server that it's you that 
downloaded it, or it's an image in a huge collection ( :-) ). Can't 
think of any other reason for such an object 'path' for an img tag.

David



> 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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> 
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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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