i guess i better point this out
the reason i have
.$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'].
$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].
in there instead of hard coding the address and "pre" path is because i built this as an app...meaning...for the masses and i wanted that to dynamically pick up the full paths so other people didn't have to manually change that file
and i have personally installed this on at least 20 sites...no problems that I know of
so in my newsletter...all the images would have the correct path of
www(dot)mysite(dot)com/FCKeditor/uploadfiles/picture1.jpg
and they displayed just dandy