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Images are displaying even though "Allow remote content" is unchecked, and there are no exceptions.

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Images are displaying even though "Allow remote content" is unchecked, and there are no exceptions. Why? How do I stop it?

Images are displaying even though "Allow remote content" is unchecked, and there are no exceptions. Why? How do I stop it?

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If a URL appears on hover, it just means the image is linked to that URL, but the image can either be embedded or stored on a remote server. Look at the message source (Ctrl+U) to see if an image is embedded or remote.

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You can set this for all messages by going to config editor and double-clicking this entry, changing from false to true. mailnews.message_display.disable_remote_image

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What config editor?

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Tools>Preferences>General scroll to bottom of right pane.

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Are these images actual remote content, i.e. linked to web servers, or embedded images? If the latter, select View/Message Body As, Plain Text, to not show them.

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Tools>Preferences>General isn't a thing. I'm running Thunderbird 91.5.0 (64-bit) on Linux.

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The images show a URL in the status bar when I hover over them.

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If a URL appears on hover, it just means the image is linked to that URL, but the image can either be embedded or stored on a remote server. Look at the message source (Ctrl+U) to see if an image is embedded or remote.

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Must be embedded! Thanks for the "plain text" tip.