FAQ: How to send HTML messages with images ?

[alex]

If you want to have a HTML message with pictures included,
all you have to do are two things:

1. Upload the picture on your web hosting. If you don't have one, you can
use one of the thousands free hostings in the internet.

2. In the html code of your message, you'll have to replace
the IMG tag, which looks like this:

 <img src="...." alt="Picture heading" width="120" height="35">

 the "..." part with the URL address of your picture which is uploaded
in your web hosting. For example if your web hosting address is:

 http://geocities.com/johnsmith/

and the picture's name is

 picture1.gif

then your picture's URL will be:

 http://geocities.com/johnsmith/picture1.gif

and the IMG tag will be:

 <img src="http://geocities.com/johnsmith/picture1.gif">

just replace it with the one generated from your favorite
html editor, like Word or Front Page and that's all.

 This way of embedding images in your html message is
the preferred one for the most people, because of the
saving of the bandwidth. In this way you do not attach
the picture directly to the message and the message
becomes smaller and will be sent several times faster.

[markrc]

Surely you jest!!??  Asking customers to this every time they want to send messages with pictures is not realistic.  :?  When do you expect this process to be streamlined or automated?

[alex]

Hi,

This way of embedding images in your html message is
the preferred one for the most people, because of the
saving of the bandwidth. In this way you do not attach
the picture directly to the message and the message
becomes smaller and will be sent several times faster.

However most of the people find this way of including images in the message too hard. So in the next version of MailBoy, there will be a built-in html editor for designing a html messages with ability to embed the images within the message.

[markrc]

Excellent news Alex and thank you for your prompt response!  

[pjjacinto]

Would just like to know the status of the built-in html editor. Can we expect it anytime soon? It's been over two years now since it was mentioned here. Just asking...

[alex]

Hi,

The new html editor module is almost finished and waiting to be added to the new MailBoy. Hope to have nice screenshots for you soon