Judy, I find that when I have my message reading defaulting to text, I cannot forward them. Also you may want to see if you have the default format set to text-only in the address book, for the persons you are trying to send to. Basically I think pictures will forward as long as you and the recipient's defaults are not set to text-only. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: Judy Jones To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 15:16 Subject: forwarding pics and images. Hello again, A question I've had for quite some time: Many times I'll get amessage in my Windows Mail inbox that contains pics or images--not as attachments, but as part of the message. When I forward the message on, I'm told that the images won't be sent, do I want to send the message anyway?. I always answer "yes," because it's more important to me that the message go through, but I'd like for the images to be forwarded, too. What settings do I need to change? Thanks once again. Judy