Question marks in blue boxes

Hi. I'm having a hard time with images not loading in Mail and Safari -- getting question marks in blue boxes instead. I have tried emptying cache, refreshing page, checking and rechecking my settings, can't even download the image manually. Still no luck. Mac OS 10.4.7, Safari 2.0.4, Airport, cable connection (Comcast). Please help, as many of these images are important for me to see.
Thanks so much.
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.7) using Airport

Hi crawfordse6, Welcome to Apple's Users Help Users Forums.
For Safari:
Preferences / Appearance / Check on "Display Images when page opens."
For Mail:
Preferences / Viewing / Check on "Display remote images in HTML messages."
If that works for you, consider stars as discussed in the bottome portion of the Apple email notification you received. That's how to do "thanks" in these forums.
Come back. The Forums are a great place to learn. L&L = Lurk & Learn.
My Best, Joyous Computing. JP

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