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How do I insert a picture in the body of a message? - 02/11/08

From: Email Guy
Subject:       How do I insert a picture in the body of a message?
Date: February 11, 2008 5:57 PM
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Users frequently ask for instructions to insert pictures inline in outgoing messages using Web Mail.

Web Mail is one convenient way to access your EarthLink email, but like many other Web Mail services (browser-accessed email) EarthLink Web Mail does not currently have a feature to insert pictures inline in outgoing messages. We will be adding the ability to do this in an upcoming release. Currently you can only attach pictures as files to be opened by the recipient. To add attachments to a message, click on Browse at the bottom of the compose window.

You can put pictures inline using most installed email software with your EarthLink account, including EarthLink Mailbox or Outlook Express. You can download EarthLink Mailbox software here, and get setup instructions for that and other email software here.

Like most other users, I look forward to having this feature added to Web Mail and I'm pushing to get it done as soon as we can.

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Posted by: BV   |   February 21, 2008 6:20 PM    |   (1)

I've had recurring problems with graphics and webmail. If I receive an email that contains multiple graphics and I forward it, the next receiver is unable to view the graphics. They come up as place-holder boxes. Is this a known issue?

See this FAQ. Use "as attachment" when forwarding.

Email Guy


Posted by: shirl   |   March 1, 2008 8:28 PM    |   (2)

When will they update the Signature section so you can use html and fonts/colors to make signatures? I do like the way webmail allows you to use colors and graphics; be great to have that on signatures..

Posted by: Tina   |   April 21, 2008 2:40 PM    |   (3)

You can insert a picture into the body of the email message in Web Mail. All you have to do is select the Color and Graphics mode to place the picture. Open the picture as a jpeg in Internet Explorer, right click the picture in IE and copy it. Right click inside the body of the email message in Web Mail and select the paste option. The picture will be there. Also add the picture as an attachment. The only drawback of this feature is that it works only in the Color and graphics mode and if you use Internet Explorer.

Well, sort of. When you do that you are actually pasting a snippet of HTML that subsequently retrieves the image from a remote web site at viewing time; the image is not really included in the email. The trick only works if 1) you use IE, and 2) you copy an image from a live web site and paste it, using the method you described.

So the trick is very limited in how it can be used. It is limited to including a link to an image that is published somewhere on a live web site.

Thanks for the tip.

Email Guy


Posted by: Rita McDonald   |   August 26, 2008 2:06 PM    |   (4)

Please do not delete any messages in my e-mail box using the self cleaning device.
Thanks,
Rita McDonald

No messages in your Inbox are ever deleted by EarthLink and there is no self-cleaning. The Trash folder, and the Suspect Email folder, have self-cleaning settings that you control in the Preferences, and they can be set to Never. They both default to 14 days (messages older than that are removed) but you can change that setting.

Email Guy


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