Hello, we have one small problem at our customer.
We use Outlook 2010 and Google Docs. Google Docs sending e-mails about changes in documents. This e-mails are made primary for Gmail which is online site.
In the HTML e-mail is included A HREF link which is point to location such "//i.microsoft.com/global/ImageStore/PublishingImages/logos/ms-mark/microsoft_logo_90x16.png".
This is right URI scheme based on RFC. If it is embedded to website and webbrowser access this link via HTTP protocol it automatically load image from http://i.microsoft.com/. When is accessed via HTTPS protocol, browser download from https://i.microsoft.com/. Internet Explorer 9 and Google Chrome handle this right.
But Outlook and Word as his HTML editor/viewer handle this differently. After saving message this link became local path, because Word is not accessing via protocol (HTTP/HTTPS) to this message. So it doesnt know, where download images and his AutoCorrect function change this URI to UNC path.
So Outlook downloading images from address "\\i.microsoft.com/global/ImageStore/PublishingImages/logos/ms-mark/microsoft_logo_90x16.png". On this address it not find anything and still trying in foreground. After some time it hangs at stop responding state.
Some other user with same problem: http://superuser.com/questions/444175/outlook-hangs-on-emails-that-have-youtube-thumbnails-images-from-img-youtube-co
If is message displayed in Outlook Web Access it works fine because it is access via classic HTTP/HTTPS protocol.
So I ask, can Outlook team do some improvents in this, or have Word some option to disable this automatic UNC mappings? Thanks!