How can I add a picture to my signature when I send out e-mails? I
want it to be like a business card with my picture & signature at
the bottom of the e-mail.
First, we have to realize exactly what a signature is: it’s nothing more
than some additional content automatically added by your email program
to the bottom of the body of an email when you send it.
Which in turn means that there is no single answer to your question,
since signatures are a feature of your email program, and how you do it
will depend entirely on which email program you’re using.
So we’ll look at it at a high level, and hopefully that’ll point you
in the right direction for whatever program that might be.
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- Use that “.html” file in those email programs.
Now, it is possible to create that “.html” file in web authoring
tools, but they tend to add a lot of HTML that you don’t need, and
frequently assume that you’re creating an entire page instead of just
an HTML fragment. But they can be a place to start. After which, you
might hand-edit the resulting HTML in a text editor like Notepad.
Finally, be aware that people may not be able to see your picture
unless they have pictures enabled in the program they use to read
email.
The bottom line is that, as we’ve seen, different email programs
expose different levels of functionality, and in different ways. What
you’re able to do, and how, will vary depending on exactly what tools
you’re using, and possibly your own level of technical comfort.
Hopefully, with these few simple examples you’ll be able to determine
your own specific steps.
I have 2 minor issues with email signatures. 1) Photos in signatures take up a lot of room, and make my Exchange Server administrator grumpy. 2) In some email applications, a photo or image makes the message appear to have an attachment. I hate it when the paperclip appears, but I can’t find the attached file!
Form a business standpoint – HTML formatted emails make no snes to me. HTML formatting only increases the chances of some SPAM filter stopping your email. HTML emails are much larger in file size than plain text and thus take longer to send, longer to process, longer to traverse the net and longer to receive. Plain Text with a cincise signature staing contact information is a courtesy to your recipients.
24-Dec-2008
The biggest issue I would have with an attached picture is “identity theft”. With your name, e-mail address, and photograph the nasties out there are that much closer to “pretending” they are you.
On a related subject. I would like to tag my address book entries with photographs. I keep a wide list of contacts and sometimes memory fails. I use Thunderbird version 2.0.0.18. Is there a way to do this? If so, maybe you could share it at some point in the near future? Thanks Leo, I read your column/ email regularly, Don
I have a jpg image I need to use in my signature file on a yahoo account… pls advise
Adding an image to my signture has caused some servers to treat my emails as spam how do I stop this
19-Mar-2009
Is it only on HTML that one can creat his signature and or place his photo? What of AOL, Gmail and Yahoo.
my personal signature is inclusing a wisdom i want to attach a photo with this wisdom how to do it?
regards
In MS Oulook, youI didn’t have to upload picture to host. in OE, I created an HTML page including the picture, but the signature shows “X” in place of it. I put the exact location of the picture in the drive in the SRC clause, still picture does not appear. Any suggestion? Thanks
I go to the signature and I type in my signature, before I was able to cut and paste my photo, somehow I deleted it, I know you have to post it on the web, where? On an e-mail? Then how do you retreve it? Once I am in my signature there is no option to upload image like a millions of people have told me….I must be having another blonde moment, a 3 month blonde moment, please help me….I appreciate it,
I have SmartZone for email, Windows 7. I cannot locate the signature box.. Any ideas!!
I have g-mail and I am trying to attach a picture to my signature. I have uploaded a picture and have clicked “save changes” but the picture still won’t show up. What can I do? Thank you very much for any help. I read the article but honestly I didn’t understand much of it. I need a 1,2,3 thing in layman’s language — not computer speak. Sorry!!
Adding a signature is reasonably easy, but my problem is that the picture/logo is missing and ll i have is a box with a red cross in the top left corner. I am using outlook 2003 and the image file is stored locally in the Signatures folder, but it will still not show the image. I have turned down the security but to no avail.
Any ideas?? Ta
I’m using Open Office Outlook Express. I created an HTML page including the picture, but the signature shows “X” in place of it.
Any advice will be appreciated
@Odette
A picture can’t be embedded into an HTML document. The HTML document creates a link to the picture file. If the file is not in the place where the link looks for it, it will produce an X. In order to show the picture, you would need to point the link to where the picture file is located.
Hi,
The logos do not appear in my signature. I have created html files. It works on google or chorm but not in my windows live mail. I have unchecked “download image” tab in security option. Pls help..