Thunderbird disable remote content warning for HTML email

In Thunderbird version 12.01, is there a way to disable the remote content warning that appears in situations such as: when an HTML email wants to load images hosted online?

I expected that the Security tab in Preferences would have an two options: Don't load remote content and Don't warn when an email requests remote content. Not finding this, I went to about:config (config editor) looking for the options. I found

mailnews.message_display.disable_remote_image => true

but settings this to false automatically loads the remote content, which is not the intended outcome.

Is there a way to suppress the prompt to "Show Remote Content" without loading the remote content?

(just as an addendum, I don't want to add contacts to my contact list)

Evan

Posted 2012-05-29T02:57:37.850

Reputation: 221

I am running Ubuntu 12.04 if anyone is interested – Evan – 2012-05-29T03:01:47.937

Unbelievable this option is unavailable in TB for so many years! – Alexander Shcheblikin – 2014-05-14T00:50:16.323

Answers

There is a hidden switch for this:

In about:config (Preferences -> Advanced -> Config Editor) look for:

permissions.default.image

change from 1 to 2.

Alexander Shcheblikin

Posted 2012-05-29T02:57:37.850

Reputation: 620

Thunderbird version 31 once again has broken the setting, so now this trick is obsolete... – Alexander Shcheblikin – 2014-08-19T11:22:14.417

Yet another solution is to select Simple HTML in the View message as menu. https://superuser.com/a/173612/175541

– Alexander Shcheblikin – 2014-09-04T11:38:14.493

No, it does work. Thunderbird 38.5.1 on Mac OS X 10.11. No remote content. No yellow stripe. So much better.... – Ray Kiddy – 2016-01-12T21:28:21.190

You won't get that warning if you use the Allow HTML Temp add-on and set it to view emails in Simple HTML or Plain Text.

Mike

Posted 2012-05-29T02:57:37.850

Reputation: 98