Include web references in an e-mail.

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I want to be able to send an e-mail that will point to our server -
specifically images. We change the images frequently (like hourly) and I
want the e-mail to show the 'current' one on the server. So I need to have a
refence to the file on the server, not one locally in the e-mail.

I already know this if fraught with problems (what if they aren't connected,
....) but this is what my people want to do.

How do I do this through Outlook?

TIA - Jeff.
 
I want to be able to send an e-mail that will point to our server -
specifically images. We change the images frequently (like hourly) and I
want the e-mail to show the 'current' one on the server. So I need to have
a refence to the file on the server, not one locally in the e-mail.

I already know this if fraught with problems (what if they aren't
connected, ...) but this is what my people want to do.

How do I do this through Outlook?
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Include a UNC or a URL that points to the file on the server. Don't embed
the file at all. Let the receiver go get it.
 
And be prepared for many if not most external recipients not to see the image
because they have their email program set up not to download images from the
Internet.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54
 
Can you give me an example of how to do that? I've tried putting straight
HTML and it doesn't work. It always is treated as text.
 
Can you give me an example of how to do that? I've tried putting straight
HTML and it doesn't work. It always is treated as text.
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I'd include a UNC like

<\\myserver\myshare\myfolder\myfile>
 
Whenever I do that, it converts the name to a link you need to click on. I
want it to be a link that automatically loads the image for me.

J.
 
you need to insert it using the <img scr="url"> tag. you can do it either
with an HTML editor and insert the html as text or use the insert image
command.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]





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