Getting rid of those images in email signatures
May 16, 2010 9:19 AM Subscribe
I receive a lot of emails that include a small image as part of the signature. These emails show up as having attachments. How could I automatically delete these images or change the attachment indicator to not trigger on files <10kb? (using mail.app on Snow Leopard)
Sloppy answer. Attached images cannot be used to track you. HTML links to hosted images can.
posted by w.fugawe at 10:57 AM on May 16, 2010
posted by w.fugawe at 10:57 AM on May 16, 2010
I think the OP is talking about people who have little corporate logos (or the like) embedded in their signatures, which can sometimes show up as attachments in Outlook or other mail clients. (Though correct me if I'm wrong.) This is indeed a frustrating problem, because then I'm always looking for the "real" attachment (a Word doc, whatever) that isn't there.
posted by Conrad Cornelius o'Donald o'Dell at 11:12 AM on May 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by Conrad Cornelius o'Donald o'Dell at 11:12 AM on May 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
It'd theoretically be possible to set the color of the email to something different if it contains an attachment less than 10KB.
Even more theoretically, it'd be possible to delete the images, but the attachment indicator would still be triggered.
posted by 47triple2 at 11:33 AM on May 16, 2010
Even more theoretically, it'd be possible to delete the images, but the attachment indicator would still be triggered.
posted by 47triple2 at 11:33 AM on May 16, 2010
47triple2 has a great idea. But Mail.app (at least at version 4.2 for Snow Leopard) doesn't have a way to create rules based on attachment size, only attachment name. Dammit! I struggle with this all the time as well, and I'd love a good answer!
posted by zpousman at 12:53 PM on May 16, 2010
posted by zpousman at 12:53 PM on May 16, 2010
Well, what I would do is create an applescript that would run every time there is an attachment. The script would check for attachment size (if possible) and change the color of the message.
posted by 47triple2 at 1:21 PM on May 16, 2010
posted by 47triple2 at 1:21 PM on May 16, 2010
Best answer: This thread looks promising.
posted by 47triple2 at 1:23 PM on May 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by 47triple2 at 1:23 PM on May 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: Conrad is right. Sorry I didn't explain it well. Those annoying little logos that skew attachment results. I've considered an applescript and other rules as well, but I'm not a scripter and 47triple2 points out that mail.app doesn't allow rules based on file size. But the thread 47 caught does look promising. Sorry I missed it during my search.
I am convinced these are the attachments that Buddha was railing against.
posted by kingfisher, his musclebound cat at 3:08 PM on May 16, 2010
I am convinced these are the attachments that Buddha was railing against.
posted by kingfisher, his musclebound cat at 3:08 PM on May 16, 2010
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A lot of these images will be used by email tracking services (wikipedia)
posted by w.fugawe at 10:52 AM on May 16, 2010 [1 favorite]