Sometime the remote images in an email do not display This could be due to the permissions.default.image hidden preference in Thunderbird. If you never see the allow images button on emails from senders not in your address book this setting is the probable cause of the images and the button not appearing.
As I understand this preference, it blocks remote images. 2 blocks
everything 1 allows images from the original server, 0 allows images
from any server. With 1 being the Thunderbird default.
Go to Tools menu > options > advanced > config editor
Type into the search box permissions.default.image or as much as you need to double click on it in the list below.
When changing this setting, it is advisable to reduce the setting to it's current value -1 as each reduction in values is a reduction in security as well as an increase in convenience.
I reset the parameter as mentioned above, and it works until I restart Thunderbird. Each time I start Thunderbird, the setting is back to 2. I have no add-ons. The problem started when I updated to 17.0.5 from a much older version (not sure which). One entry in the Mozilla help forum recommended this:
ReplyDeleteall-thunderbird.js
I changed this line :
pref("mailnews.message_display.disable_remote_image", true);
from true to false, and the images now show., even after exiting and restarting thunderbird
This did not work for me, either, and is not really what I want anyway - I'm not looking to display all images all the time.
Any idea how to make the permissions.default.image settings permanent?
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Deletepref("mailnews.message_display.disable_remote_image", true); is the preference that is toggles in the config editor.
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https://getsatisfaction.com/mozilla_messaging/topics/images_wont_display_in_emails_in_thunderbird_but_display_fine_in_outlook
is there someone out there who can help - for reasons I cannot work out I am unable to access any links which are included in my e-mails - if someone can answer this please keep it simple as I am not very computer savvy - email me please on ceedlu@hotmail.com
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Christine
Good thing Thunderbird has a knowledge base.
DeleteYour question is answered here https://support.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/kb/Hyperlinks-in-Messages-Not-Working