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rpesq:
Thanks Shane, you're the best.  I came to the same conclusion that it really isn't a big deal to leave it off.

Believe it or not, I could not find an alternative solution (extension or otherwise) to this "Email picture" for either FF or Chrome, so IE became the only option.  That said, I cannot fathom why FF or Chrome do not have this feature.  I can see how some people would find it very convenient.

Shane:
When I was googleing it to see if there was a simply option in the about:config to change it I couldnt find anything. And tons of people have asked for it.

But I do know from a programmers point of view it is a pain in the butt. On one of my programs for a customer of mine I have an email option. To attach a pdf with outlook I have to call the code in a certain way and because of the increased security it becomes harder. Then, if they are not using outlook (Outlook lets you make calls directly to it) then I have to use the MAPI on the system, and the email client that the user is using has to support the MAPI on the system in order for it to work. So i tried to get my code to work with thunderbird and it simply wouldnt work like it should. Adding text to the email was fine but the attachments I couldnt get working because of MAPI and security.

So there is a good chance that they dont offer it either for the same reason. With an email client you dont know which one you might be working with and you dont know if it will support the mapi protocol or not. So instead of trying to make something work that has so many unknown variables it is easier to give the copy image option. When then simply copies the image to the clip board, at which point you can go paste it into anything you like that supports having a picture pasted into it.

So seems like they found that route much, MUCH easier :-)

Shane

rpesq:
You are probably right about the reason.  My cousin really wanted to stick with how he has always done it, so that left IE as the only choice.  I'll leave the protected mode off unless he requests otherwise.

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