problems with OE 6.0 - adding code to images??

Hi there....hope this finds everyone doing great!

I have a non-profit organization and receive 100's of emails each and everyday. For YEARS now I have stored images (banners, logos, etc.) in my drafts or other files I have started in my OE 6.0. They are NOT from my computer, but rather have remote addresses on them from my website. When I want to insert them in a letter I'm composing......I simply copy the image and then paste it into the letter wherever. All of a sudden......I was hearing from people that the image was now the "dreaded red x"?? When I looked at the images......now ALL of them have this code...... "mhtml:mid://00001712/!" before the url of the graphic?? In other words......looks like this....

mhtml:mid://00001712/!http://www.MyWebsite.org/img/ORIGINALS/safety.gif .......

instead of like this....... http://www.MyWebsite.org/img/ORIGINALS/safety.gif

Above each of the images that I store.....I also have their url. That way......if I want to put them into a post on my forums.....I could just right click on them and "copy shortcut". HOWEVER......the same thing......now when I do that......I get the stupid code in front of the url!???

Does anyone know what this is.......and more importantly.....how the heck to get rid of it???

Thanks sooooooooo much!.......Yo

 

need to bump this back up......neeeeeeeeed help, please?