Can Pictures Be Sent Within An Email

[tony_123]

can a picture be sent within an email rather than as an attachment

[Buenchico]

It depends how you're sending it.

If you're using a proper email client (such as Outlook, Outlook Express, Thunderbird or Windows Live Mail), with 'Message format' set to 'Rich text (HTML)' then you'll have an 'Insert' button, which enables you to do exactly what you want.

However web-based mail systems only send 'plain text' mail, so you can't insert a picture within the body of the mail.

Chris

[rojash]

Yes and no...

If you are running a mail client such as Outlook or Outlook Express, and you have configured it to send e-mails as html, then you can insert a picture into the e-mail.

BUT... it's not really inserted, it's sent as an attachment and a link in the document to that attachment. If your recipient is also running a similar setup, then they will see the picture embedded in the e-mail.

BUT.. if they have set their client to display plain text, they won't, they''l see it as an attachment. Some e-mail clients will display it as embedded, others as only an attachment, and yet others will display it embedded, and as an attachment.

[tony_123]

Thanks guys. Pics within emails rather than as attachments. The sum total of my research is confirmed by the two answered I have just read. Thanks Buenchico (Chris) and rojash. tony_123

[mjwman]

Easy to do in the AOL I use.