Why are animated GIF's...

...Not working when I forward them using Mail? I've tried forwarding them to myself and when opened the GIF's are no longer animated and the size and format of things has changed. This also happens in redirect. Any Ideas?

Try Thunderbird which is free.
I'm not a fan of using HTML for email messages and IMO, a big mistake by Microsoft which came back to haunt Microsoft and Windows users with various security issues.
If you automatically render all HTML received (with any email client with OS X) and a spammer uses HTML for message composition and includes embedded images or objects that must be rendered from a remote server, if the Mail.app Junk Mail filter does not automatically mark the message as junk and you open the message, this can reveal that your email address is valid to the spammer causing more spam to be received.
Copied from Why HTML in E-Mail is a Bad Idea.
Because it introduces accessibility problems. When you write in plain text, the receiving mail client renders the text in whatever font the reader chooses. When you format email with HTML, the sender controls the formatting. But this is a trap: You only think your message will render the same way to the viewer as it appears to the sender. In reality, the receiver can end up squinting because the font looks so tiny, or vice versa. HTML is not rendered the same way from one viewing client to the next - all guarantee of accessiblity goes out the window. This is especially problematic for visually impaired persons.
Because it can introduce security issues and trojan horses -- it's a gateway to danger as any Outlook user can tell you. HTML can include any number of scripts, dangerous links, controls, etc.

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This page explains the settings for that:
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firefox_:_Tips_:_Animated_Images

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https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1229922 <-- this
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AAAAAAAGGGGGGHHH! Stupid Powerpoint corrupted the files when it "packaged" them
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> But the original image is an animated GIF and it's less
than 1KB big! So
> how
> does it increase in size 100 times when I save it
even if I don't
> change
> anything about the image before saving? There is no
PNG file but I can
> link
> you to the original 650 Byte Animated GIF:
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> But the original image is an animated GIF and it's less
than 1KB big! So
> how
> does it increase in size 100 times when I save it
even if I don't
> change
> anything about the image before saving? There is no
PNG file but I can
> link
> you to the original 650 Byte Animated GIF:
>
>
http://www.aotplaza.com/Prod.gif
>
> Is it something to do with my settings perhaps? Like
telling it to save
> extra
> information in the file?
>

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