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Re: Pasting photos in html emails

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 2025-05-27 14:32 +0200
Message-ID <m9lpn4F8shoU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References <09cualxkvk.ln2@Telcontar.valinor>

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On 2025-03-20 22:00, 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?
> 

Well, it is working again. I get the html link. At least on my laptop.

<https://ubuntuhandbook.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/gimp3-patched-700x381.webp>

-- 
Cheers,
        Carlos E.R.

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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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