Article 5BDMC Why embed a mimencoded image in the text of an HTML file?

Why embed a mimencoded image in the text of an HTML file?

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I have limited bandwidth. I usually browse with lynx. newyorker.com's files are huge for the text they contain. They often have mimencoded images as part of the file's text. What good does this do them? Does it get past browsers that clip images?latest?d=yIl2AUoC8zA latest?i=Df_KxRfV8fo:PDGpa4BsHtA:F7zBnMy latest?i=Df_KxRfV8fo:PDGpa4BsHtA:V_sGLiP latest?d=qj6IDK7rITs latest?i=Df_KxRfV8fo:PDGpa4BsHtA:gIN9vFwDf_KxRfV8fo
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