# "Always display messages from XYZ Company"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/always-display-messages-from-xyz-company/440025>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 4, 2008, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/always-display-messages-from-xyz-company/440025 "2008-03-04T13:54:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/always-display-messages-from-xyz-company/440025/1 "2008-03-04T13:54:26Z")

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I have Gmail, so what’s the downside of clicking my okay on such emails - from companies I often get messages from?

I may have done so once in my life.

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**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/always-display-messages-from-xyz-company/440025/2 "2008-03-04T14:07:20Z")

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Did you mean ‘Always display _images_’? The downside is that when you open the mail, the images will be automatically downloaded, and that might potentially inform a spammer (if the mail is spam) that this is an active email address. Other than that, there’s no downside, AFAIK. If it’s a source you trust, you can set ‘Always download’ on, and not have to manually download the images for each email.

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**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/always-display-messages-from-xyz-company/440025/3 "2008-03-04T14:31:19Z")

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[QUOTE=Dervorin]  
Did you mean ‘Always display _images_’? The downside is that when you open the mail, the images will be automatically downloaded, and that might potentially inform a spammer (if the mail is spam) that this is an active email address. Other than that, there’s no downside, AFAIK. If it’s a source you trust, you can set ‘Always download’ on, and not have to manually download the images for each email.  
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Thanks **Dervorin**. Maybe I’ll loosen up a little with my trusted incomings.