Email pictures

[sheprd]

I can email a picture but it is received in a very large size. How can I cause it to be received in a usable size? Thanks for any help

[BritTim]

The easiest way is to resize the image (IrfanView is a good simple program that can do this in MS Windows) before including it within the message.

[FredOnline]

+1

IrfanView has a Save for Web option (with a plugin).

I frequently use and recommend.

[sheprd]

Thanks Fred. I am able to post pictures on Craigslist without problems. I am hoping I can do same on an outgoing email.

[soromak]

Originally Posted by sheprd

Thanks Fred. I am able to post pictures on Craigslist without problems. I am hoping I can do same on an outgoing email.

If you use a desktop client and not the webmail, then most modern clients gives you the option to resize images prior to sending.

[sheprd]

Thanks soromak for your response. but I'm
limited to webmail

[soromak]

Originally Posted by sheprd

Thanks soromak for your response. but I'm
limited to webmail

Then imho uploading the images to Dropbox and sharing a Dropbox link seems to be the most efficient option for me.

[sheprd]

Thanks to all responders.but I have found another service that permits me to email photos with no problems. So I will be using it for any photo mailing. I really appreciate the info that all of you posted

[BritTim]

Originally Posted by sheprd

Thanks Fred. I am able to post pictures on Craigslist without problems. I am hoping I can do same on an outgoing email.

Craigslist limits the size of pictures. It does so to protect its own servers/databases from becoming overloaded. This is not appropriate for email where you sometimes really do want to send a large, high resolution image to someone. You need to paste or attach the picture in the correct size for email.

[sheprd]

Thanks Brit Tim I had not thought of Pasting a photo to an email. Thanks again

[sheprd]

Thanks soromak. I don't know how to use a drop box. Could you help me a bit on that? This might be the method that

[adamlau]

You can also create a website or a photo gallery on FM and link them to the image with or without password protection.

[soromak]

Originally Posted by sheprd

Thanks soromak. I don't know how to use a drop box. Could you help me a bit on that? This might be the method that

First, you need to have Dropbox account, it comes with 2GB of free space that can be greatly increased through friend referrals etc. or you can buy a paid plan with 1TB of space.
Then you upload photos, or any other files to Dropbox. You can either doing it by installing Dropbox app on your PC, that creates a folder called dropbox - then all the files are uploaded automatically to your cloud storage. Once they are there you can generate either private or public link to the folder/file you are willing to share and paste the generated link to your message. It also works without installation, then you need to login to your account via webbrowser, upload files..and then the rest related to sharing works very similar.
This guide also applies if you are willing to use other cloud, for example GDrive or Onedrive.
With Fastmail webmail it can be simplified even further but first you need to integrate your Fastmail account with your Dropbox account. The brief description I have provided earlier will work with any webmail, desktop client.

[sheprd]

Thanks adamlau and soromak for the info. Now I have something to work with.