How to Send Pictures/Photos By Email

One of the most common uses of email is for sending pictures/photos.

There are two ways of doing this.

 They can be sent either as an attachment or embedded within the email (HTML only)

To send as part of the message simply insert the picture in the message at the desired location as shown below (outlook Express):

The insert options allow you to change the size of the image etc.

Alternatively the picture can be sent as an attachment Using Insert file attachment.

The screenshot below shows the same picture as part of the message (embedded) and also as an attachment.

Message Size Limits and Pictures

Although sending pictures is relatively easy to do it should only be done for small pictures/small number of pictures.

 This is because standard jpeg photos are large (usually around 2.5Mbytes) and the Internet will only allow email sizes of approximately 5Mbytes (varies but good rule of thumb).

Therefore if you send two they may not get through.

 However if you don't mid the reduced quality the file sizes can be considerable reduced by many image editing programs like Microsoft office picture manager (available with Microsoft office)

If you don't have Microsoft Picture manager available there are many excellent free image reducers available.

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They also have the advantage that they work in batch mode which means you can resize multiple pictures at once.

Alternatives to sending by Email

The main alternative method is not to send the picture but to send a link to the picture. The picture itself can be placed on you own personal website or you can use a photo sharing service .

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