In apple mail, where is this 8-ball coming from?

[orijinal]

Looking at an e-mail I just sent to a friend, in the same header where the:

From:
Subject:
Date:
To:

is, to the far right there is a picture of an 8-ball, it looks like it's one of those ichat buddy avatars. Does anyone know how to remove this? And what does it mean?

tyia

 

[iMeowbot]

Does your friend have a .Mac account? They allow custom icons to be set there that will show up in Mail.

 

[colocolo]

I'm almost certain it's not only a .Mac feature, as I have received those icons in mails from people who use macs but don't have .mac; I believe it's some kind of modified vcard that is sent.

I'm sorry, I forgot how to disable them, just wanted to state what I think is the cause of them appearing.

 

[mad jew]

Try unchecking Show Buddy Status in Mail's Preferences (under View). However, I thought it was just the picture in Address Book that you'd associated with that email address.

If you deleted it from Address Book, I imagine it would go away. Select all addresses and then select Clear All Custom Images from the Card menu.

 

[lucface]

not a good sighn...
if i start seeing eightballs on my computer its time for a breaaaaaak.

 

[mac-er]

Its the icon you set up in the "Accounts" section of System Prefs. It shows up on the email you send out (I don't think other people see it, and it also shows up on your own address card in Address Book. It also shows up on the login window.

To change it, go to System Prefs, Accounts..then click the 'Picture' tab.

It has nothing to do with .Mac