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| From | "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.software.thunderbird, alt.comp.software.firefox |
| Subject | Re: Pasting photos in html emails |
| Date | 2025-03-22 15:40 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <hou2blxn3l.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> (permalink) |
| References | <09cualxkvk.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <vrjlbh$1hl1p$1@dont-email.me> <6o80blxblh.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <vrk0le$1r6b0$1@dont-email.me> |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
On 2025-03-21 16:30, Newyana2 wrote: > On 3/21/2025 10:12 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote: >> On 2025-03-21 13:17, Newyana2 wrote: >>> On 3/20/2025 5:00 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Sometimes I send html emails to friends with summaries of some news >>>> for chatting on them, and I add photos. Normally, the photos are >>>> links, so the email weight is small. >>>> >>>> Take this article, for instance (using firefox): <https:// >>>> ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/03/photogimp-updated-to-help- >>>> switching-from-photoshtop-to-gimp-3-0/> >>>> >>>> I click on the first photo, then right click on the menu, and select >>>> "Copy Image". Then on the email, I simply do ctrl-v and paste the >>>> photo. >>>> >>>> But since recently, this has a twist. The email weights one >>>> megabyte. On TB, I double click on the image, and Image location >>>> contains "data:image/png;base64,iVBOR… >>>> 8EtAFbFgqOrgAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==". If I save the email, it has 1 >>>> megabyte. >>>> >>>> The remedy is to delete this line, go to firefox, right click on the >>>> image, select "copy image link", and on TB paste that link in the >>>> "Image Location" field of the photo (<https://ubuntuhandbook.org/wp- >>>> content/uploads/2025/03/gimp3-patched.webp>). Now when saving the >>>> email it weights just 3.5 KB. >>>> >>>> This was not happening some time ago, I always got the photo links. >>>> Now I have to be careful when sending photos that I don't get the >>>> heavy version. >>>> >>>> Why, what is going on? >>>> >>> >>> It's always worked that way. Copy Image puts the image on >>> the Clipboard.You should never embed remote links in an HTML >>> email. Most people will have them blocked, anyway. >> >> Not the case. My friends prefer a link that doesn't use space. And I >> have been doing this for about two years, works fine. It doesn't >> matter if the link doesn't work next month. >> >> Embedding they certainly do not like, uses space. >> Pasting the link is cumbersome, they have to click on it. >> >> It doesn't matter that marketers abuse the system. They know the photo >> links come from me. >> > > Then just paste in the link. You don't need to make it > a remote link in the email. If you keep doing it that way > it may work, but you should be aware that email clients > now default to blocking remote images from loading. So > some people may not see the images. > > I wonder about your friends. They find it tedious to click > a link? Why do they bother to breathe? Or could it be > that they don't expect your links to be interesting enough > to click? Nothing personal, but if I had the slightest expectation > that someone was sending me something interesting, I'd > have no hesitation loading it to see. So I have to wonder > about your links. I have friends > who like to send things like the joke of the week. I never look > at their stuff, whether links or attachments, because I'm > not interested in seeing a dog using an electric razor. The sites are often in a language they don't speak. I email a translated summary. If they are then interested, they can open the site and click on some automatic translation tool. Glancing at an email with a photo is quicker. -- Cheers, Carlos.
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Pasting photos in html emails "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-20 22:00 +0100
Re: Pasting photos in html emails "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-03-20 17:51 -0400
Re: Pasting photos in html emails VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-03-20 17:36 -0500
Re: Pasting photos in html emails bad sector <forgetski@_INVALID.net> - 2025-03-21 06:15 -0400
Re: Pasting photos in html emails VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-03-21 18:52 -0500
Re: Pasting photos in html emails bad sector <forgetski@_INVALID.net> - 2025-03-22 22:22 -0400
Re: Pasting photos in html emails "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-21 12:39 +0100
Re: Pasting photos in html emails VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-03-21 18:57 -0500
Re: Pasting photos in html emails "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-22 15:32 +0100
Re: Pasting photos in html emails Mark Lloyd <not.email@all.invalid> - 2025-03-21 17:08 +0000
Re: Pasting photos in html emails "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-22 15:34 +0100
Re: Pasting photos in html emails NFN Smith <worldoff9908@gmail.com> - 2025-03-21 17:05 -0700
Re: Pasting photos in html emails Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-03-21 06:40 +0000
Re: Pasting photos in html emails "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-21 12:41 +0100
Re: Pasting photos in html emails Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-03-21 11:48 +0000
Re: Pasting photos in html emails "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-21 13:59 +0100
Re: Pasting photos in html emails Retirednoguilt <HapilyRetired@fakeaddress.com> - 2025-03-21 09:27 -0400
Re: Pasting photos in html emails "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-21 15:07 +0100
Re: Pasting photos in html emails Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2025-03-21 11:31 -0500
Re: Pasting photos in html emails Mark Lloyd <not.email@all.invalid> - 2025-03-21 17:17 +0000
Re: Pasting photos in html emails Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2025-03-21 15:59 -0500
Re: Pasting photos in html emails Mark Lloyd <not.email@all.invalid> - 2025-03-22 16:43 +0000
Re: Pasting photos in html emails Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2025-03-22 16:26 -0500
Re: Pasting photos in html emails "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-22 15:35 +0100
Re: Pasting photos in html emails Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2025-03-22 16:40 -0500
Re: Pasting photos in html emails Mark Lloyd <not.email@all.invalid> - 2025-03-23 19:50 +0000
Re: Pasting photos in html emails Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2025-03-24 01:36 -0500
Re: Pasting photos in html emails "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-24 11:50 +0100
Re: Pasting photos in html emails Mark Lloyd <not.email@all.invalid> - 2025-03-24 18:32 +0000
Re: Pasting photos in html emails Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-03-21 11:33 -0400
Re: Pasting photos in html emails Mark Lloyd <not.email@all.invalid> - 2025-03-21 17:24 +0000
Re: Pasting photos in html emails Mark Lloyd <not.email@all.invalid> - 2025-03-22 16:47 +0000
Re: Pasting photos in html emails Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-03-22 13:31 -0400
Re: Pasting photos in html emails Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2025-03-22 16:10 -0500
Re: Pasting photos in html emails "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-22 23:50 +0100
Re: Pasting photos in html emails Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-03-21 08:17 -0400
Re: Pasting photos in html emails "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-21 15:12 +0100
Re: Pasting photos in html emails Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-03-21 11:30 -0400
Re: Pasting photos in html emails "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-22 15:40 +0100
Re: Pasting photos in html emails "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-27 14:32 +0200
Re: Pasting photos in html emails knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> - 2025-05-27 09:34 -0400
Re: Pasting photos in html emails "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-27 16:07 +0200
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