Location of photos sent as attachments?

Am I correct in thinking that pictures sent as attachments are stored
in the Temporary Internet Files? If so, does this mean that unsaved
photos are at risk of being lost if the cache is emptied or the PC
crashes?

OE6, XP Pro SP2

TIA,

--
Martyn Tindall
Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Every time you open an attachment, a file is created in TIF folder, yes, but
the attachment will still open if you delete TIF files or if the computer
"crashes."

An attachment isn't really saved anywhere unless and until YOU have chosen
to save it to your HDD.

OT: Why isn't WinXP SP3 installed yet?
~~4agent
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002


Martyn Tindall wrote:
Am I correct in thinking that pictures sent as attachments are stored
in the Temporary Internet Files? If so, does this mean that unsaved
photos are at risk of being lost if the cache is emptied or the PC
crashes?

OE6, XP Pro SP2

No, all attachments stay with the message. When you open an attachment, it
is decoded and placed in Temporary Internet Files.
OE storage files are subject to corruption. Each OE folder is contained in
a dbx file. Any corruption of the dbx file can result in the whole file
becoming unreadable.
Emptying the cache will not lose unsaved attachments.
Corruption to an OE dbx file can result in the loss of messages along with
the attachments.
--
Ron Sommer

"Martyn Tindall" wrote in
message ...
Am I correct in thinking that pictures sent as attachments are stored
in the Temporary Internet Files? If so, does this mean that unsaved
photos are at risk of being lost if the cache is emptied or the PC
crashes?

OE6, XP Pro SP2

TIA,

--
Martyn Tindall
Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Wait a minute, I may have misread your post: Pix that YOU have sent as
attachments are only located on your hard-drive.

PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
Every time you open an attachment, a file is created in TIF folder, yes,
but
the attachment will still open if you delete TIF files or if the computer
"crashes."

An attachment isn't really saved anywhere unless and until YOU have chosen
to save it to your HDD.

OT: Why isn't WinXP SP3 installed yet?
~~4agent
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002


Martyn Tindall wrote:
Am I correct in thinking that pictures sent as attachments are stored
in the Temporary Internet Files? If so, does this mean that unsaved
photos are at risk of being lost if the cache is emptied or the PC
crashes?

OE6, XP Pro SP2

On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:03:03 -0500, "Ron Sommer"
wrote:

No, all attachments stay with the message. When you open an attachment, it
is decoded and placed in Temporary Internet Files.
OE storage files are subject to corruption. Each OE folder is contained in
a dbx file. Any corruption of the dbx file can result in the whole file
becoming unreadable.
Emptying the cache will not lose unsaved attachments.
Corruption to an OE dbx file can result in the loss of messages along with
the attachments.
--
Ron Sommer

Many thanks for this. I asked because, for the first time, I tried
double-clicking an attachment in the email itself. It opened in the
Windows viewer, but clicking "Next" and "Previous" threw up graphics
from web pages. That's why I thought they must just be dumped in the
cache.

Regards,
Martyn


"Martyn Tindall" wrote in
message ...
Am I correct in thinking that pictures sent as attachments are stored
in the Temporary Internet Files? If so, does this mean that unsaved
photos are at risk of being lost if the cache is emptied or the PC
crashes?

OE6, XP Pro SP2

TIA,

--
Martyn Tindall
Leeds, England, United Kingdom



--
Martyn Tindall
Leeds, England, United Kingdom

On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:05:38 -0400, "PA Bear [MS MVP]"
wrote:

Wait a minute, I may have misread your post: Pix that YOU have sent as
attachments are only located on your hard-drive.

No, you had it right!

Martyn


PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
Every time you open an attachment, a file is created in TIF folder, yes,
but
the attachment will still open if you delete TIF files or if the computer
"crashes."

An attachment isn't really saved anywhere unless and until YOU have chosen
to save it to your HDD.

OT: Why isn't WinXP SP3 installed yet?
~~4agent
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002


Martyn Tindall wrote:
Am I correct in thinking that pictures sent as attachments are stored
in the Temporary Internet Files? If so, does this mean that unsaved
photos are at risk of being lost if the cache is emptied or the PC
crashes?

OE6, XP Pro SP2



--
Martyn Tindall
Leeds, England, United Kingdom

On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:46:13 -0400, "PA Bear [MS MVP]"
wrote:


Every time you open an attachment, a file is created in TIF folder, yes, but
the attachment will still open if you delete TIF files or if the computer
"crashes."

An attachment isn't really saved anywhere unless and until YOU have chosen
to save it to your HDD.

Thanks, that answers my question. I always save attachments I want to
keep, of course, but I wondered whether they were at risk until I did.
Also see my reply to Ron.

OT: Why isn't WinXP SP3 installed yet?

I'm tempted to ask whether I really need it, but I know you'll say I
do... g

Regards and thanks again,
Martyn

~~4agent
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002


Martyn Tindall wrote:
Am I correct in thinking that pictures sent as attachments are stored
in the Temporary Internet Files? If so, does this mean that unsaved
photos are at risk of being lost if the cache is emptied or the PC
crashes?

OE6, XP Pro SP2



--
Martyn Tindall
Leeds, England, United Kingdom

"Ron Sommer" wrote in message
...
No, all attachments stay with the message. When you open an attachment,
it is decoded and placed in Temporary Internet Files.
OE storage files are subject to corruption. Each OE folder is contained
in a dbx file. Any corruption of the dbx file can result in the whole
file becoming unreadable.
Emptying the cache will not lose unsaved attachments.
Corruption to an OE dbx file can result in the loss of messages along with
the attachments.
--
Ron Sommer

"Martyn Tindall" wrote in
message ...
Am I correct in thinking that pictures sent as attachments are stored
in the Temporary Internet Files? If so, does this mean that unsaved
photos are at risk of being lost if the cache is emptied or the PC
crashes?

OE6, XP Pro SP2

TIA,

--
Martyn Tindall
Leeds, England, United Kingdom