Embedding images in e-mail?

[Dean J. Garrett]

Hi,

I need to create HTML e-mail from an ASP program that includes embedded
images that go along with the e-mail, e.g. logos, product image, etc. Is
there a technique in HTML that people use to embed images? I know that when
I insert an image into an e-mail in Outlook, and I look at the HTML behind
it, there is a funny tak CID:

IMG hspace=0 src="cid:027301c29d8e$da6ba600$0afea8c0@MYMAIN" align=baseline
border=0>

Any clues? Thanks!

 

[Adrienne]

Hi,

I need to create HTML e-mail from an ASP program that includes embedded
images that go along with the e-mail, e.g. logos, product image, etc.
Is there a technique in HTML that people use to embed images? I know
that when I insert an image into an e-mail in Outlook, and I look at
the HTML behind it, there is a funny tak CID:

IMG hspace=0 src="cid:027301c29d8e$da6ba600$0afea8c0@MYMAIN"
align=baseline border=0>

Any clues? Thanks!

You need to specify an absolute path to the image(s),
<img src="http://www.example.com/image.png" width="width" height="height"
alt="alternate content" style="border:0px" />

If your email component allows it, I would suggest you also send a plain
text version as well. With the recent spate of viruses and worms, some
people and server administrators have disabled HTML email. If you send the
mail as multipart/alternative, recipients should still get the plain text
message.

 

[jason]

I know that a 3rd party Act! contact Management system add-on called
"E-Blast" found a way to use embedded images in the email client if you wish
to bypass email clients that disconnect from the internet and lose the
absolute path: eg <img src="http://site/images/x.jpg">
This is pretty neat. The product is built on SMTP express but I don't know
anybody else who puts this level of redundancy into an email blast...

- Jason