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Inserting Pictures into an Email
A Yahoo Email user wrote that he receives letters with pictures inside the body of a message, but can find no way to insert images into his outgoing mail. His only option is "attach." Well, Outlook Express offers both "attach" and "insert" options. However, neither is a guarantee the recipient will find the picture "attached" or "within," as the sender intended. How a picture is displayed has more to do with the recipient's email program than with the sender's program.
For instance, if I receive an email with an "attached" picture from a Yahoo user, the image will appear inside the letter when opened via Outlook Express. Conversely, if I send picture-containing emails to Yahoo users, they may see the dreaded "red X" along with: "This message contains blocked images." If a recipient clicks "Show Images" the pictures will be displayed – but not necessarily in their original size. Another click may be needed to enlarge them.
These disparities are because of the inconsistencies in how different email
clients behave.
If you are intent on sending email pictures inside the body of a message, Windows Live Mail lets you click "New>Photo Email" and then allows you to arrange text and images in a variety of layouts. However, even this does not guarantee the recipients will see exactly what you laid out unless they, too, are using Windows Live Mail. WLM, by the way is the successor to Outlook Express and is free at www.microsoft.com.
"Incredimail" allows lots of control over text and image layouts, including the use of colorful backgrounds, and loads of cutesy animations. The program is free from www.incredimail.com if you don't mind their advertising accompanying each message. Paying for the service, however, omits the ads.
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Bulk Mailing
Sending the Same Message to Multiple Recipients
Another frequent email question involves sending messages to all the
contacts listed in an Address Book. Users find that sending the same message
to, say, a dozen or so contacts seldom causes problems. Messages intended
for several dozens of recipients, however, often generates error messages
with the bottom line being that the messages were not sent.
There can be various reasons for this, but the main one is: when ISPs see dozens of the same message addressed to multiple recipients, they fear it might be unsolicited advertising – spam – so they trash it all. Another reason can be that one or more email addresses has an error in its spelling (like a blank space or lack of a proper domain extension, such as .com or .net). Even the omission of a comma or semi-colon between names can shoot down a bulk mailing.
Moving Address Books
from One Email Program to Another
Another frequent question: "How do I move my Address Book from one email service to another?"
Well, it depends on "from what service to what other service." This is why I never put my email addresses in any of the multiple Address Books I have. I put them in a spreadsheet, from where they can be copied and pasted into a message's BCC field, as needed.
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