Outlook Express attachments

Gillor

I am sure there is simple answer to this but b*gg*r*d if I can find it.

Can anyone tell me how to send a picture attachment in Outlook Express without that picture also appearing in the body of the email on the recipient’s computer?

Trinitrotoluene

Off the top of my head it needs to be in a HTML format (should be in one of the menus in Outlook Express)

If it is try pasting the picture directly in to the body. If that doesn't work see if there is an Insert > Picture option.

Gillor

Thanks for the info

I am already set up in HTML format by selecting “Tools”/”Options”/”Send”/ “Mail Sending Format” and have no problem in sending pictures as attachments. But what I don’t want is for that attachment to appear in the body of the email.

It doesn’t show in the compiled email prior to sending but once the email has been sent it then appears as part of the message on the recipient’s copy and the copy filed in my “Sent Items” folder.

I seem to recall that with Outlook Express on one of my earlier computers you had to actively click on the attachment to open it, it wasn’t duplicated in the message itself, but I can't find any settings to alter this.

dogmaryxx

Compress and zip the image.

Gillor

dogmaryxx wrote: »

Compress and zip the image.

Is this the only alternative?

dogmaryxx

AFAIK. Does exactly what you want.

Gillor

OK. Will give a go.

tronator

Gillor wrote: »

I am sure there is simple answer to this but b*gg*r*d if I can find it.

Can anyone tell me how to send a picture attachment in Outlook Express without that picture also appearing in the body of the email on the recipient’s computer?

Trinitrotoluene wrote: »

Off the top of my head it needs to be in a HTML format (should be in one of the menus in Outlook Express)

If it is try pasting the picture directly in to the body. If that doesn't work see if there is an Insert > Picture option.

This is exactly the opposite of what the OP wants to do. He should try to send emails as plain text. Whether the attachment appears in-line also depends of the setting in the recipient's email client.

http://ask-leo.com/why_do_pictures_in_email_sometimes_show_up_inline_and_sometimes_as_attachments.html

Gillor

tronator wrote: »

This is exactly the opposite of what the OP wants to do.

Spot on! The Ask Leo article seems to cover my question exactly and I will have a good look at it this evening.

Thanks to everyone for their help.