Cannot display remote images in HTML messages

Hi all.
This has been a problem since Tiger for me and ironically, is affecting me on two macs (although I sync the two together, so whatever the problem is, I'm guessing it's been copied to both locations). Here's the deal:
I cannot display images in my messages. If I click the checkbox (under viewing in mail prefs) "display remote images in HTML messages" I get the same behavior as if it is unchecked. I've tried checking and unchecking to no avail. My guess is a corrupted preference file, but I don't know which one. If I delete my mail prefs, will I need to do anything with regards to my mailboxes etc? I have over 3GB of offline mail, all filed away into hundreds of folders and do NOT want to mess with that.
Any suggestions are most appreciated. I'd love to see my images again without clicking on the "load images" button for EVERY email.
Thanks,
Rob

I can't believe there's no answer for this at Apple Support! (I looked.) On my MacBook with Leopard (10.5.6 and Mail 3.5) the problem is fairly recent - I only noticed it a few days ago. Unchecking and rechecking the Display remote images in HTML messages does not work, and neither does restarting the computer (I rarely do, preferring to put it to sleep.) Before I removed the plist I thought I'd check here first, having the same reasons for reluctance as xrob - and a good thing I did, too. I'd hate to have the same (bad) experience as someone who already tried it. The only thing I can think that I changed recently was to add SSL support to (all) my accounts. Could that be the culprit? I guess not. I removed "use SSL" on one of the accounts but it changed nothing, except for the port number. I closed and re-opened Mail but did not restart the computer. And, where do you find the "load images" button?

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