Email Question

[mikebl]

Is it possible to take an image that I have as a icon on my desktop as an image in 'My Documents' and put it into the actual content of an email message? I'm not talking about an attachment
Thanks.

[Shardik]

1. The only way I know to do it would to be use ure "snip tool"

And then save it as a Jpg. You shouldn't have any problems once the link is an image.

[mikebl]

2. help me here

what's a snip tool?

[Shardik]

6. I should have called it a "snipping tool."

In vista, you will find it here: C:\Windows\System32\SnippingTool.exe it will capture a portion of your screen so you can save, annotate, or share the image.

[Why Syzygy]

3. What is the file extension

and what email program do you use? In Outlook if you us "insert", the image will be embedded.

[ChromeFoundry]

4. I depends on which email package you are using...

Outlook can send the message body in HTML format, which supports inline images using Content ID (CID-url) sources.

If you want the gory details on how it all works, you can find all here:
https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2111.txt

[ChromeFoundry]

5. Looks like you had two questions...

the other was how to get a desktop icon into an image formatted for sending in an email.

Well, the simple way is hit your print-screen button when the icon is viewable on your desktop.
Open the Paint program.
Edit, Paste - places the print-screen from the clipboard into the canvas.
Using the "Select" tool (looks like a dotted rectangle), select your icon.
Edit, Cut.
File, New ... "Save changes..." , No.
Edit, Paste.
Crop to size.
File, Save As..
Save As Type = PNG, JPG or GIF
And give it a file name...

[canetoad]

7. And to further complicate things

To have it seen by the reader of the email, depends entirely on THEIR email settings, not yours.

For example, I resent downloading a lot of crap that arrives by email therefore all my emails arrive as plain text and I have auto loading of pictures turned off. On the other hand, I reckon most people don't do this or use web mail, so you will be fine.