[MlMt] Inline pasted image

[Steven M. Bellovin]

On 11 Sep 2026, at 4:25, Randall Gellens wrote:

> On 10 Sep 2026, at 18:23, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
>
>> On 10 Sep 2026, at 18:51, Randall Gellens wrote:
>>
>>> On occasion I need to send an inline image. I used to copy the 
>>> image, then paste it where I want it in the composition window. Or 
>>> if the image is in a file, I could drag it into the spot where I 
>>> want it. Now, this just produces a standard attachment rather than 
>>> an inline image.
>>>
>> For dragging it, I use Markdown formatted email.
>
> Doesn't Markdown need a stable, externally-valid URL? If I say 
> "file:/tmp/foo.jpg" that will be nonsense to the receiver. Or are you 
> saying Mailmate will then attach the image and convert the URI to use 
> CID?
>
The latter, as shown below.

![](cid:7C134915-3AC1-4604-BDEF-B0B6EF95684F at cs.columbia.edu 
"DSZ_9437.jpg")


         --Steve Bellovin, https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb
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