Show remote images in notes 8

Because I struggled to find how it worked, I'm posting the technote 21314270 which tells you all you need to know ;-)

Question
Is it possible to control the User Preference setting for Internet mail regarding remote images?

Answer
Yes. In Lotus Notes® 8 Standard Configuration, you can control the handling of remote images within the User Preference setting to only allow images to display with your permission.

To access this feature, choose File > Preferences > Mail > Internet. Under the section "Image Security", you can select or deselect to enable or disable this feature.



The notes.ini parameter "NoDelayedRemoteImages" is stored within the file if this option is changed from it's default "selected" setting.

To disable the option in the notes.ini file, set the parameter to 0: NoDelayedRemoteImages=0.

To enable the option in the notes.ini file, set the parameter to 1: NoDelayedRemoteImages=1.

Because this ini parameter can control the enabling or disabling of this option, a custom desktop policy or a transform file can be used to preset this value.

An enhancement request to control this setting through a standard desktop policy has been submitted to Quality Engineering as SPR# JRED795Q4A.

As an alternative workaround, a simple LotusScript button can also be constructed and used to supply this ini parameter to users.

See the example below:

[intended ini parameter: NoDelayedRemoteImages=0 ]

- Open a New Memo, go to Actions>>Create>>Hotspot>>Button
- Give the Button a name
- Set the Button to Run Client LotusScript
- In the left pane click on 'Click'
- Paste the following two lines between 'Sub Click' and 'End Sub'


Dim session As New NotesSession Call session.SetEnvironmentVar( "NoDelayedRemoteImages", 0, True )

- Click back into the body of the memo. This will save the button

When the user receives the message and clicks the button, the notes.ini parameter should be added. A Notes restart is required for the setting to take affect.