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9 Sep 2008, 06:01 AM | #1 |
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inserting images
I cannot figure out how to insert an image in an outgoing message. Can you help?
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13 Sep 2008, 11:49 PM | #3 |
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I seem to be asking the same question but not really sure what you mean by using Thunderbird to insert an image into the Fastmail message. Are you saying that I have to download the browser Thunderbird and open Fastmail in that browser and then I would be able to drag and drop images into my e-mail in Fastmail???
What about if the images are on a flash drive??? I may be understanding all this totally wrong but that is what I am looking to do - insert images into my e-mails that I am sending through Fastmail. Is there a way or a work-around?? Thanks. |
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To insert an image in Fastmail webmail, the image has to exist on the web, e.g. .. . . . http://www.emaildiscussions.com/emaildiscussions.gif When composing in Fastmail webmail click on the "Edit as html" link on the right side of your screen. Last edited by CyberSmurf : 14 Sep 2008 at 12:51 AM. |
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14 Sep 2008, 01:30 AM | #5 |
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To clarify somewhat further, in case AnneKalo may not be fully conversant with the terminology, Thunderbird isn't a browser, but rather it's an email program (aka "client") which resides on your computer (as is Outlook Express), serving as an alternative to sending/receiving mail through the Fastmail webmail interface.
While the method previously described will work if you're able to upload the image somewhere online to which you're able to link via HTML code in your message, another possibility, particularly if you aren't able to use a "local" client (say, if you use a public computer or one on which you're not authorized to install or use an email program), is a portable version of the Thunderbird email program which you could carry on the same flash drive which holds your image(s). If this sounds like a practical alternative to you, since I'm not a Thunderbird user myself, someone else here may likely be able to more easily direct you to where to download the program and possibly answer any questions you may have about how to use it. Edit: From a quick search, here's one source of further information on the portable Thunderbird program, with a download link: http://portableapps.com/news/2007-08...rtable_2.0.0.6 (I might add, in case you may have any concerns about it, although this particular link was obtained from a quick search, I do have prior experience with this portableapps.com site, having downloaded other portable programs from it before, and it seems to be somewhat well-known and generally regarded as a "safe" download site.) Last edited by xmailer : 14 Sep 2008 at 01:44 AM. |
3 Oct 2008, 09:28 PM | #6 |
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Simple workaround to imbed images in emails
Using fastmail in its web interface:
1, Make sure you are in HTML mode, and compose the text of your email as usual 2. Post your image on a publicly available but private/hidden website, I recommend Google photos aka Picasa albums 3. Leave the cursor where you want to insert your photo, and switch to "raw html". 4. Looking at your photo in your Google album, choose "Large 800px" in the "Embed image link", and copy that link ( click on <table size>="width auto .. and copy to your clipboard, ie right click, 'copy') 5 Paste that code snippet into your raw html message 6 Click on "Preview" to check how your email will look like 7 Send - Voila ! More details --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- a- To help you test & practice, here's one example of the raw html in step 4 you can use (copy and paste as is) <table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/lj1RVubAHil1WbUdd45wRg"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/atchen/RyDe7Ge30WI/AAAAAAAAADU/Y8s5VRHRzLA/s800/IMG_0703.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/atchen/Snapshots02">Snapshots</a></td></tr></table> b- for Step 1, in order to see the "raw html' option you have to click on "advanced" .. c- for Step 3, you can see where to leave your cursor by locating your words amidst the html jumble .. in between two <br /> is fine Last edited by andretchen : 3 Oct 2008 at 09:48 PM. Reason: Example photo raw html added, details for step 1 |
4 Oct 2008, 04:57 AM | #7 |
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andretchen, what you have described is not embedding, but simply inserting a link to a image on the web, as listed as an option in post #2 above.
The difference: Embedded images are part of the email. A recipient has a copy of the image once they have received the message. Some clients/services show it as part of the message and also attached to the message, for ease of download. Linked images display in an email message during compose and reading, but because they are not part of the email, they can only be viewed as long as the image exists at the linked location. If the sender deletes the image from the web location, the image will no longer appear when the recipient opens that email again. Of course, they have the option of downloading the image while they can see it. |
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Although I would generally prefer simply attaching it/them in most cases, which has the same advantages plus that of being able to send the message the same way from virtually any client or webmail. But of course, that's beside the point here that some people have their reasons for preferring to embed them, and I can imagine that having its purposes or advantages in some cases. |
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But although, as I said, I can't recall ever doing it myself, I can understand the advantage of embedding images in some cases, where they "fit" in the context of the message, as in the examples you've suggested. |
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Nowadays email software (such as FastMail's webmail client) block linked images by default (but not attached images) for privacy reasons - accessing the linked resource provides info about the recipient (that the recipient exist, recipient's IP address, user agent etc.).
But then if you do use linked images why not host them on FastMail's file storage? If you are user@fastmail.tld (or it's an alias of yours) you can create a "website" user.fastmail.tld/linkedimages and point it at one of your folders and then if you put there baby.jpeg it can be accessed as http://user.fastmail.tld/linkedimages/baby.jpeg or if you want a thumbnail you can use something like http://user.fastmail.tld/linkedimages/baby.jpeg?variant=thumb (or get other sizes using other variant, such as tiny, tiny2, tiny3, small, small2, medium, medium2, large, raw and perhaps some more that I don't know about). See here. (There are also a faq page and a wiki page). Last edited by hadaso : 4 Oct 2008 at 08:18 AM. |
13 Jun 2017, 11:20 PM | #14 |
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Embedding images - how to make them left aligned>
With the new FM interface the default for inserting images is that they are now centered.
For signatures, how would you have them left aligned? I'm no HTML expert at all, but I saw that I could copy and paste an HTML table with a linked image. However how would you do that with an image which is local, ie embedded in the email, not referred to via a link ? |
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If you decide to try this, let us know whether it now works. |
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