[MlMt] Insert photo in-line in an email message?

Malcolm Fitzgerald mailmate at businessdatasystems.co.nz
Thu Oct 20 15:34:53 EDT 2022



On 21 Oct 2022, at 5:40, Dave Carpenter wrote:

>>>> Is it possible to insert a photo between 2 paragraphs in an email message? The only way I see to add a photo is via attachments.
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>>> Drag and drop, or copy and paste.
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>> Yes, but I’d like to add that this only works in markdown mode (and thus, when sending a HTML message). Plain text messages do not allow embedded images within the text.
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>> Kind regards,
>> Tobias Jung
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> Thank you for that distinction Tobias. I’ve only ever sent plain text messages.
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> A general question: is there a down-side to sending HTML mail? Do some businesses decline to receive HTML mail? Or is to quite common? I just don’t want to send HTML if suddenly I discover that some corporate servers are rejecting it on policy.


Many companies insist that employees use a standard signature. This is typically a signature that includes different a company font, different font weights, and one or more images. In other words, they insist on their employees using HTML email.

Malcolm


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