Should I reconsider even sending images on an IMAP email server

Recently, a discussion was engaged in using the HughesNet Webmail Clients.

I want to open a new thread about the behaviors of IMAP and POP SMTP servers

AND are my private images really my images anymore?

It has been my opinion for years that I would not send photos from my camera from an IMAP webmail client because IMAP servers keep them and store them somewhere else. When requested, the Webmail client is allowed to view a copy of the text and images in your browser.

I'll pause there for a while to see where this topic goes and learn something.