because of the use of bounds, this could be safer to take care of something like:
<a target=_blank href="..." alt="...">
Name = "Image links to Inline (Not for normal use!)"
Active = FALSE
URL = "$TYPE(htm)"
Bounds = "$NEST(<a,</a>)"
Limit = 512
Match = "* href=$AV((*.(gif|png|jpg|jpeg|jpe|bmp|xbm)*)1) >2</a>"
Replace = "<img src="1" class="image" alt="2"><br />"
also, you don't need <br /> instead of <br>, btw this could help in the next years
regards,
altosax.