Re: Emailing Pictures Not as Attachments

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

Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 16:25:03 -0700

Message formats are basically Plain Text or HTML. (Some mail services or programs support
other options which may not be compatible with any other programs).

The Yahoo "Color and Graphics" is their term for HTML.

Although Yahoo can received messages with embedded images, it doesn't appear that you can
use their mail program to compose messages with images of your choice. It appears that
the only images that you can use in a message composed in Yahoo is one of theirs, such as
the smileys and stationery. And in those cases, the images are not included in the
message but rather as a URL to the image on Yahoo's web site. 

-- 
Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm
"Anonymous" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1688101c447fe$f6b09750$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> 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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