Mail has blue boxes with question marks

Question

I have a new MacBook Pro. In mail when I receive anything with images, I just see blue boxes with question marks. Yes, i have tried reloading Mail, I have tried clicking on and off from Display remote Images, I have checked all my preferences and it just won't work.
How can i fix this - there must bean answer.
I am running Mail 5.2...it doesn't do this on my son's machine which is the same. OS 10.7.4

Answer 1

Hello Linc,
I'm not one to normally thread jack a post, but I am having the exact same issues, i found your posts while trying to solve the problem. Like tmack101, when I boot into safe mode the images load correctly, so something is loading up at startup thats causing the issue.  I am very PC proficient, but am still new to OS X.  I will post my results below to your terminal commands:
The domain/default pair of (/Users/darkster/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist, PreferPlainText) does not exist
mbair:~ darkster$
Step#1:**(wierd, I have little snitch uninstalled)**
kextstat -kl | awk '!/com\.apple/{printf "%s %s\n", $6, $7}'
at.obdev.nke.LittleSnitch (2.4.0)
com.parallels.kext.prl_hypervisor (6.0
com.parallels.kext.prl_hid_hook (6.0
com.parallels.kext.prl_usb_connect (6.0
com.parallels.kext.prl_netbridge (6.0
com.parallels.kext.prl_vnic (6.0
Step#2
com.parallels.vm.prl_naptd
com.parallels.desktop.launchdaemon
com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper
com.adobe.SwitchBoard
com.adobe.fpsaud
at.obdev.littlesnitchd
Step #3
(x|openbsd)/{print $3}'
com.paragon.ntfs.upd
com.paragon.ntfs.trial
com.sony.PMBPortable.AutoRun
com.parallels.vm.prl_pcproxy
com.parallels.desktop.client.launch
com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager
at.obdev.LittleSnitchUIAgent
at.obdev.LittleSnitchNetworkMonitor
sibersystem.RFAgent.plist
com.microsoft.SyncServicesAgent
com.google.keystone.user.agent
com.adobe.ARM.df0ab5bbe6f698196fcc21e3c1e66dcb758bd911f4d637272d9d8109
Step #4
P*P,Priv,Qu,Scripti,Servi,Spo,Sta}* L*/Fonts 2> /dev/null
/Library/Components:
/Library/Extensions:
/Library/Frameworks:
AEProfiling.framework        ProMetadataSupport.framework
AERegistration.framework    TSLicense.framework
Adobe AIR.framework        XSKey.framework
AudioMixEngine.framework    iLifeFaceRecognition.framework
FxPlug.framework        iLifeKit.framework
NyxAudioAnalysis.framework    iLifePageLayout.framework
PluginManager.framework        iLifeSQLAccess.framework
ProFX.framework            iLifeSlideshow.framework
/Library/Input Methods:
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins:
AdobePDFViewer.plugin            Quartz Composer.webplugin
CitrixICAClientPlugIn.plugin        QuickTime Plugin.plugin
EPPEX Plugin.plugin            SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
Flash Player.plugin            SharePointWebKitPlugin.webplugin
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin        Silverlight.plugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin            flashplayer.xpt
LogMeIn.plugin                iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
LogMeInSafari32.plugin            npContributeMac.bundle
LogMeInSafari64.plugin            nsIQTScriptablePlugin.xpt
/Library/Keyboard Layouts:
/Library/LaunchAgents:
at.obdev.LittleSnitchNetworkMonitor.plist
at.obdev.LittleSnitchUIAgent.plist
com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist
com.parallels.desktop.launch.plist
com.parallels.vm.prl_pcproxy.plist
com.sony.PMBPortable.AutoRun.plist
/Library/LaunchDaemons:
at.obdev.littlesnitchd.plist
com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
com.apple.aelwriter.plist
com.apple.remotepairtool.plist
com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
com.parallels.desktop.launchdaemon.plist
/Library/PreferencePanes:
Flash Player.prefPane
/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools:
com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper
/Library/QuickLook:
GBQLGenerator.qlgenerator    iWork.qlgenerator
ParallelsQL.qlgenerator
/Library/QuickTime:
AppleAVCIntraCodec.component        FCP Uncompressed 422.component
AppleHDVCodec.component            Flip4Mac WMV Advanced.component
AppleIntermediateCodec.component    Flip4Mac WMV Export.component
AppleMPEG2Codec.component        Flip4Mac WMV Import.component
AppleProResCodec.component        IMXCodec.component
DVCPROHDCodec.component            LiveType.component
DesktopVideoOut.component
/Library/ScriptingAdditions:
Adobe Unit Types.osax
/Library/Spotlight:
GBSpotlightImporter.mdimporter    ParallelsMD.mdimporter
LogicPro.mdimporter        iWork.mdimporter
Microsoft Office.mdimporter
/Library/StartupItems:
/etc/mach_init.d:
/etc/mach_init_per_login_session.d:
/etc/mach_init_per_user.d:
com.adobe.SwitchBoard.monitor.plist
Library/Address Book Plug-Ins:
Library/Fonts:
Library/Frameworks:
Library/Input Methods:
.localized
Library/Internet Plug-Ins:
Library/Keyboard Layouts:
Library/LaunchAgents:
com.adobe.ARM.df0ab5bbe6f698196fcc21e3c1e66dcb758bd911f4d637272d9d8109.plist
com.apple.AddressBook.ScheduledSync.PHXCardDAVSource.B3245B3F-8352-4668-A4F2-1AB BDFD6FAD3.plist
com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-**********@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist
com.apple.FolderActions.enabled.plist
com.apple.FolderActions.folders.plist
com.google.keystone.agent.plist
com.microsoft.LaunchAgent.SyncServicesAgent.plist
sibersystem.RFAgent.plist
Library/PreferencePanes:
.c4dsetup            .localized
.c4dsetupCINEMA 4DF51A2E69
Library/ScriptingAdditions:
RFAgentExtension.osax
Library/Services:
Step #5
iTunesHelper, AdobeResourceSynchronizer, Launchpad, Windows Server Launchpad
Thanks in advance for your assistance...