Mac OS X Mail: How to Turn On or Off HTML Rendering

Note: This document discusses Mail, an application included with Mac OS X. The same concepts apply to other email applications you may use, though the steps may differ.

Follow these steps to turn on or off HTML rendering, as desired:

1. Open Mail.
2. Choose Mail > Preferences.
3. Click the Viewing icon in the Preferences window.
4. Select or deselect (as desired) the checkbox for "Display images and embedded objects in HTML messages".

For more related information, including how HTML email messages relate to spam, see technical documents:

107399: "Mac OS X Mail: How to Delete Multiple Messages Without Viewing Them First"
107401: "Mac OS X Mail: How HTML Email Messages Relate to Unsolicited Commercial Email"