hi ladys and gentlemen,
looking for a bit of help.
i belong to an internet group and sometimes i receive an email that is a joke etc so i cut paste etc and post to the group no problems.
if i receive an email that contains pictures i follow the same procedure and post to the group the problem is the pictures are not there the text is but no pictures
i can save the pictures then post them,is this the only way or i there someother way if i cut and paste the pictures will appear with the text,
thank you
mick
In email clients such as Outlook, the procedure to cause an image to be displayed in the body of an email is to use the "Insert" function from the command icon line at the top.
Copy/paste won't get it for you.
Use Save Image As function when you are harvesting pictures you later wish to send.
Save/keep then in a convenient location.
then use "Insert - Picture" if you wish the image to be displayed.
It's "a little" safer and easier to "Insert - file" as an attachment.
Lots of sensible folks have .html functions "turned off" for their email client and only allow "Plain Text" as a security precaution.
That protects them from allowing potentially infectious items from being displayed in received emails.
Those sensible people will not "see" your image/picture if you have used "insert picture".
However, if you "insert file" the image (picture.jpg or .gif or .bmp) file will appear as a downloadable and openable image file attachment.
Your friends can then have their AntiVirus utility scan before opening.
The procedure I describe above may seem to "take the fun out of" sending cool images or cartoons.
But it only takes one infection to make a user wish they had been more careful, and then it's already too late.
Friends often rationalize that they know the people they get these cartoons and images from.
That may be so, but having .html enabled for email viewing also allows all the scammers and spammers to display their stuff in the emails they send to you too. Some of that spammer stuff you really don't want to have to deal with.
Plain text is the way to go.
However, some folks will argue that their Antivirus/Antimalware utility already scans email before allowing it to be displayed.
But… and especially if your email client uses assigned ports, the Antivirus/Antimalware may not scan automatically unless the email comes in via the default port 110 or the browser port 80.
