# Suppress images for short emails

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/suppress-images-for-short-emails/20235>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [19 Settembre 2014, 8:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suppress-images-for-short-emails/20235 "2014-09-19T08:50:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![dfabulich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dfabulich/32/108716_2.png) [@dfabulich](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dfabulich)\
**Post date:** [20 Settembre 2014, 4:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suppress-images-for-short-emails/20235/4 "2014-09-20T04:07:23Z")

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This implementation strips images out using a regex. That means that if the post itself includes images, the images will be simply missing from the email, which could be confusing to the email recipient.

IME, the vast majority of emails I receive from my Discourse instance include only the avatar image; I bet 80% of the problem would be addressed by just suppressing the avatar for short messages. Then, if someone does send out a post whose content is nothing but an image, just that email may be (correctly!) flagged with HTML\_IMAGE\_ONLY\_24.

(Indeed, the post itself might be actual spam posted by a spammer, so just by suppressing the avatar, we’d allow the spam catcher to do its own thing.)

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