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Anonymous
2023-06-19T20:23:55+00:00

Assuming an image is not embedded CID -- how do I view the hyperlink source/address of an image in a received Outlook email on 365 PC desktop app?

I have tried Forwarding and clicking/hovering around.

Is the only option to 'View Source'?

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Anonymous
2023-06-20T00:01:19+00:00

Hello Lucy

Hi, I'm Karl and will be happy to help you today.

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Is the only option to 'View Source'?

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Short answer: Yes.

However, just to clarify something, an "embedded" image is not the same as an "attached" image file which in turn is not the same as an attachment from a cloud source (i.e. Dropbox, OneDrive etc). There is no hyperlink for the first two attached file types.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-06-20T15:46:30+00:00

    To be perfectly honest, I've never done a deep dive on message headers but can say that if the attachment is not provided as a link, you will not see a link in the message header. I also just looked at a test message I sent with only an attachment that was NOT embedded and there was no CID in the message header.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-06-20T14:24:00+00:00

    Thanks Karl. So if there's no attachment/s to the email and I see only 'CID' in the source, then it's embedded, correct?

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