>I was wondering if anybody could tell me how an image is attached to an email >when it is sent with an html email. It looks to me that it isn't even >attached >because there is no paperclip in the email summary.
A paperclip, I believe, is just a Microsoft icon indicating something (I think they have an animated one that indicates that the computer is listening to you for Word, and a static one indicating an attachment). A true attachment would have some type of link you could click (a paperclip icon, the file name, whatever) to download the file. With HTML, however, it is likely set up as an "inline attachment" -- one that is supposed to appear within the body of the E-mail, rather than as an attachment. >When i look at the email body >the image is referenced in a wierd <img tage that looks like this: > ><IMG alt="" hspace=0 >SRC="/X9cdf9fc8939892939bead8aca9/attach/Main/1/0/37351/cid:016d01c1dc42$e8907ca0$9600a8c0@adam"; > >align=baseline border=0> > >Is this image actually sent with the email in binary or is it saved in the >spool directory or something like that? It's an image within the original E-mail. If you were using a POP3 or IMAP client, the whole E-mail would be downloaded (the message body in text, HTML, and the picture). With web messaging, just the message body is sent, but there is a link to the attachment (which IMail's web messaging will handle). -Scott --- Declude: Anti-virus, Anti-spam and Anti-hijacking solutions for IMail. http://www.declude.com --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
