Re: Emailing Pictures not as Attachments

From: Michael Santovec (michael_santovec_at_REMOVEprodigy.net)
Date: 06/01/04 

Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 17:00:44 -0700

Any way you send the pictures they are technically still going to be attachments.

What you want to do is use HTML format. With that you can position the attached pictures
so that they appear mixed with the message text. This requires that the recipients have a
mail program that supports HTML with the MIME multipart/related. Most newer mail programs
support this, but some older ones don't. They may either see the pictures as simple
attachments, or not see the pictures at all. Make a test by sending a message to
yourself.

Looking at the Yahoo Compose window, it doesn't appear that you can generate the type of
message that you want to. They only support simple attachments. There doesn't appear to
be any way to generate the HTML to reference an attachment image. The only graphics that
they support are their own smiley and stationery.

I don't know whether or not Hotmail can do what you want. 

-- 
Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm
"anonymous" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1545d01c44691$88657810$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> I'm trying to send an email with pictures, but I want each
> picture to be preceded by some text, so I can't send it
> them attachments.   But it doesn't work with my Hotmail or
> yahoo Account.
>
> Yahoo only allows 3 attachments, so that's another reason
> why I want to send pictures without "attaching" them.
>
> Here's what I've tried to do:
>
> When I "copy" a picture, I'm unable to "paste" it into the
> compose screen because the "paste" word is whited out.
>
> If I use the "color and graphics" or "rich text" compose
> screens, I'll drag a picture into the compose screen - in
> Hotmail and Yahoo - but it'll automatically turn into a
> blank I.E. page - with the picture.  But I can "copy" the
> picture, click "back" to the compose screen and paste it
> in (when I try this on a regular compose screen,
> the "paste" word is whitted out so I can't paste it in).
>
> But when I send the email, the picture doesn't go along
> for the ride.
>
> I contacted Yahoo and they said they checked my account
> and everything is fine and that there might be something
> wrong with my broweser (I.E.).
>
> But I've tried this on other computers and it still
> doesn't work, neither Hotmail or Yahoo.
>
> So does anyone know how I can send pictures
> without "attaching" them?
>
> Thanks

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