One of the security features in Outlook is preventing automatic downloads of some pictures in a message. Here we show you how to download them, or always trust the sender so the images always download automatically.
1. If you prefer your emails to come in HTML format, you’ve probably seen the message that Outlook prevented the download of some pictures in the message.
2. Right-click on the message and you can select Download Pictures, Add Sender to Safe Senders List, or Add the Domain to the Safe Senders List. Click the latter if you don’t want to click to download images from known safe senders every time you get a message from them.
3. You can also click Change Automatic Download Settings…
4. This will bring up the Trust Center and Automatic Download options. All of the options are selected by default, but if you just want to change any of them, simply uncheck the box next to the option(s) then click OK.
- By default, Outlook 2016 for Mac doesn't automatically download pictures or photos in email messages if the images are stored on the Internet. However, you can turn off this preference or choose to download Internet pictures only from your saved contacts.
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How to Automatically Download Images for All Incoming Messages. In Outlook 2019, 2016, 2013 and 2010 simply go to File Options Trust Center Trust Center Settings Automatic Download and then uncheck “Don’t download pictures automatically in HTML e-mail messages or RSS items”. If you’re using Outlook 2007, go to Tools Trust Center Automatic Download and then uncheck “Don.
5. In this example we chose to add the Add the Domain to the Safe Senders List and the blocked images are downloaded, and will be anytime a message comes from the sender’s domain.
That’s it! If you want more control over the images that are downloaded in your HTML formatted emails, this quick tip should help you out.
Pictures in messages from some senders and newsletters are not downloaded unless I click a bar above the message. Pictures in messages from others download as soon as the message is opened.
Have I created some kind of list that allows this to occur?
If so, how can I edit the list?
By default, Outlook blocks online images within emails from automatically being downloaded from the Internet.
The main reason for this is to prevent spammers from verifying that your email address exists. They do this by inserting unique pictures in their spam message which would otherwise be retrieved automatically when you open the message. This is also known as a “Web bug”
However, images will still automatically download for messages to and from addresses that you have specified in the Safe Senders and Safe Recipients Lists of the Junk E-mail filter.
Outlook 2016 Download Pictures Setting
This privacy feature can also be disabled to either allow or block all online pictures from being downloaded, regardless of the address being used. Of course, any blocked pictures can still be downloaded via the Infobar.
Note: If pictures don’t download after clicking the Infobar see Internet images are not being downloaded in emails.
Editing the Safe Sender and Safe Recipients lists
Outlook 2016 For Mac Update
To edit these lists, use the Safe Senders and Safe Recipients lists in the Junk E-mail Options dialog.
- Outlook 2007
Tools-> Options-> Junk Email… - Outlook 2010 / 2013 / 2016 / 2019 / Office 365
tab Home-> button: Junk-> Junk E-mail Options…
Block Internet pictures, even from Safe Senders and Safe Recipients
If you don’t like this behavior and you want to always block pictures from being automatically downloaded from the Internet, then you can disable the option;
”Permit downloads in e-mail messages from sender and to recipients defined in the Safe Senders and Safe Recipients Lists used by the Junk E-mail filter.”
- Outlook 2007
Tools-> Trust Center…-> section: Automatic Download - Outlook 2010 / 2013 / 2016 / 2019 / Office 365
File-> Options-> Trust Center-> button: Trust Center Settings…-> section: Automatic Download
Note: You might indeed want to disable this option when a spammer is abusing the address of a contact you have defined in your Safe Senders list. This way, no tracking image is downloaded then and your address won’t be exposed.
Block Internet content in messages even when the sender or recipient address is safe.