So what was the problem? Well, this seems to be not so uncommon and the Micorsoft TechNet forums had discussed a number of solutions, some of which worked for the participants and some didn’t. Some of the solutions dealt with messing with registry entries, which everyone wouldn’t want to do. So, I talked to one of our IT guys, and this is what he did: he emptied the temporary folder that stores the images that come embedded with emails. Looks like this folder gets too full. In my case, the location of the folder was something like “C:Documents and SettingsusernameLocal SettingsTemporary Internet FilesOLK22″. He also added a shortcut to this folder on my desktop and asked me to empty it everytime this happens.

Anyone got an easier solution? Has Microsoft fixed this problem? Maybe adding a command like IE’s “Tools, Internet Options, Delete temporary files” would help. I will keep looking and update as I find out more.