Jpegphoto attribute on messener express

Hi All,
Is it possible to display any ldap user's photograph using 'jpegphoto'
attribute on Messenger Express ??
I am using JES 2005Q1 on Solaris 9 sparc platform.
Thanks,
Shujaat

Hi Jay,
I am not talking about the jpg attachments. Instead I am concerned with my company's employees who have uploaded their images for the employee's identificaton. Ldap attribute for images is "jpegphoto" & the format of this attribute is binary instead of string.
Now I want to display their images whenever they log into ME.
Any luck ?
Thanks.

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