Emailing Pictures Not as Attachments

From: Anonymous (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/01/04 

Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 10:36:25 -0700

My original post:

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?

Michael Santovec responded:

What you want to do is use HTML format.
(is that the basic compose screen?)

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.

(I can't "paste" into a regualr compose screen, only in
the "color and graphics/rich text" formats. I'll send it
to myself, but all I get is a blank box with the red dot
in the corner)

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.

(which is only on the "color and graphics/rich text"
formats)

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

(when I receive JPGs in Yahoo and Hotmail, they're
not "attachments" that I have to download manually.
They "download" all by themselves.)

Thanks.

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