"View Image Slide Show"

(Running Vista Ultimate 64-bit, SP-2, IE-8, WM-6, WLM-09,
classic mode, dial-up.)

In Windows Live Mail, most of the time when I receive an
email with 2 or more .jpg files attached, there is an option
shown as: "View Image Slide Show". Clicking on that line
brings up a screen which allows me to cycle through the
attached .jpg files, viewing them in sequence, going back
and forth as I desire.

About every 10 or so emails having some .jpg files as
attachments I receive one, with several such attachments,
which does NOT have the "View Image Slide Show" option
shown.

Questions:

#1 Is this a bug for which a fix is known? If so, how do I
find that fix?

#2 Is there an alternative method to do the same thing? As
it is now, my choices are to open each file, one at a time,
to view it - or to save all of them to a folder (my
pictures?) and then view them there.

Insights appreciated.

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CWLee
Former slayer of dragons; practice now limited to sacred
cows. Believing we should hire for quality, not quotas, and
promote for performance, not preferences.

I would suspect that there is something different about the messages.

Have you verified that the messages are actually attached to the message
and not just a link to web site?

Take a look at the message source (Ctrl-F3). Is the problem message
MIME encoded or Uuencoded?

If MIME encoded, what is the Content Type for the images?

For some additional information, see:
Decoding Internet Attachments - A Tutorial
http://TechHelp.Santovec.us/decode.htm


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Mike - http://TechHelp.Santovec.us



"CWLee" <> wrote in message
news:...
> (Running Vista Ultimate 64-bit, SP-2, IE-8, WM-6, WLM-09, classic
> mode, dial-up.)
>
> In Windows Live Mail, most of the time when I receive an email with 2
> or more .jpg files attached, there is an option shown as: "View Image
> Slide Show". Clicking on that line brings up a screen which allows me
> to cycle through the attached .jpg files, viewing them in sequence,
> going back and forth as I desire.
>
> About every 10 or so emails having some .jpg files as attachments I
> receive one, with several such attachments, which does NOT have the
> "View Image Slide Show" option shown.
>
> Questions:
>
> #1 Is this a bug for which a fix is known? If so, how do I find that
> fix?
>
> #2 Is there an alternative method to do the same thing? As it is now,
> my choices are to open each file, one at a time, to view it - or to
> save all of them to a folder (my pictures?) and then view them there.
>
> Insights appreciated.
>
> --
> ----------
> CWLee
> Former slayer of dragons; practice now limited to sacred
> cows. Believing we should hire for quality, not quotas, and
> promote for performance, not preferences.
>
>

"Michael Santovec" <> wrote:

> Have you verified that the messages are actually attached
> to the message and not just a link to web site?

Yes, I've verified that, and these ARE attachments, not
links.

I'll check out your other suggestions and see what I learn.

Thanks.

"Michael Santovec" <> wrote:

> Take a look at the message source (Ctrl-F3). Is the
> problem message MIME encoded or Uuencoded?
>
> If MIME encoded, what is the Content Type for the images?

OK, did that. Here are my findings:

For an incoming email that works the way I like (i.e., the
"View Image Slide Show" option is engaged): Mime encoded.
Content Type: multipart/mixed;
boundary="part1_d2e516da125.383dccda_boundry"

For an incoming email that does NOT work the way I like:
Mime encoded. Content Type:
multipart/related;type="multipart:/alternative";boundary="----_=_nextpart_001_01ca6e06.e1805aa8"

(Note that I may have misread, miscopied, or otherwise
incorrectly shown one or more of the digits/characters as I
attempted to transfer them from the incoming email to this
message.)

Does this information support your idea that the problem is
due to a difference in the incoming messages?

Thanks.

As the OP, I just noted something else of interest. I
forwarded one of the emails which did not provide the "View
Image Slide Show" option, and in the copy in my "sent"
folder the message appears just as I sent it, PLUS the "View
Image Slide Show" option. I tried it on that message and it
does work. So, it appears that I can send one of these
"bad" emails to myself and thereby turn it into a "good"
email.

Comments on this development?

Thanks.

Are the received emails(not the one's you sent yourself) that do not provide 'view slide show' sent by someone using Windows Live
Mail or the WebUI interface ?

"CWLee" <> wrote in message news:##...
>
> As the OP, I just noted something else of interest. I forwarded one of the emails which did not provide the "View Image Slide
> Show" option, and in the copy in my "sent" folder the message appears just as I sent it, PLUS the "View Image Slide Show" option.
> I tried it on that message and it does work. So, it appears that I can send one of these "bad" emails to myself and thereby turn
> it into a "good" email.
>
> Comments on this development?
>
> Thanks.
>
>

"...winston" <> wrote:

> Are the received emails(not the one's you sent yourself)
> that do not provide 'view slide show' sent by someone
> using Windows Live Mail or the WebUI interface ?

I don't know.

What should I look for in the headers of such messages to
disclose that info - or can I only learn that by asking the
people directly?

Thanks.

That wasn’t' the content type I meant, but that does tell me something.

Content Type: multipart/mixed; indicates a plain text messages with
attachments.

multipart:/alternative indicates an HTML format message. And the
multipart/related indicates that the images were embedded in the message
body rather than simple attachments. For a sender using WLM that means
that the sender did an Insert, Image rather than Insert, File as
Attachment. If you are reading such a message in plain text (Tools,
Options, Read) then you should see the images listed as attachments with
the slide show option. If you are reading in HTML format, then the
images should be displayed in the message body.

The content type I was really interested in was the one with the encoded
images further down the message. Such a content type would be
Content-Type: image/jpeg;
I was wonder if the problem messages had a non-image type content type.

--

Mike - http://TechHelp.Santovec.us



"CWLee" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
>
> "Michael Santovec" <> wrote:
>
>> Take a look at the message source (Ctrl-F3). Is the problem message
>> MIME encoded or Uuencoded?
>>
>> If MIME encoded, what is the Content Type for the images?
>
> OK, did that. Here are my findings:
>
> For an incoming email that works the way I like (i.e., the "View Image
> Slide Show" option is engaged): Mime encoded. Content Type:
> multipart/mixed; boundary="part1_d2e516da125.383dccda_boundry"
>
> For an incoming email that does NOT work the way I like: Mime encoded.
> Content Type:
> multipart/related;type="multipart:/alternative";boundary="----_=_nextpart_001_01ca6e06.e1805aa8"
>
> (Note that I may have misread, miscopied, or otherwise incorrectly
> shown one or more of the digits/characters as I attempted to transfer
> them from the incoming email to this message.)
>
> Does this information support your idea that the problem is due to a
> difference in the incoming messages?
>
> Thanks.
>
>

Just trying to narrow down the variables and if Live ID specific.
If I send from a Live ID to another Live ID
Photo e-mail - slide show available, slide show displayed in Internet Explorer
Photos Attached - slide show option available and displayed in Live Photo Gallery
Photos Inline - no slide show



"CWLee" <> wrote in message news:...
>
>
> "...winston" <> wrote:
>
>> Are the received emails(not the one's you sent yourself)
>> that do not provide 'view slide show' sent by someone
>> using Windows Live Mail or the WebUI interface ?
>
> I don't know.
>
> What should I look for in the headers of such messages to
> disclose that info - or can I only learn that by asking the
> people directly?
>
> Thanks.
>
>

"...winston" <> wrote:

> Just trying to narrow down the variables and if Live ID
> specific.

I don't recognize the term "Live ID specific". To the best
of my knowledge, "Windows Live Mail" is the only program on
my computer. I realize it has a calendar, address book
(contacts), Feeds, and the newsgroup options, but I'm
guessing you mean something else when you talk about "Live
ID specific". Sorry.