On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 15:01:52 -0800, Steve Hix
wrote:

- If the email itself is html, it will display remote images or not,
depending on how you set up mail preferences.

Html e-mail is a needless waste of bandwidth, and an unconscionable
security hole perpetrated by the clueless. I can see absolutely no
advantage it may provide over a link in a text e-mail message to the
html content.