Online email service that supports embedded images

[OwlHoot]

I recently switched to the new Yahoo web mail interface and, although it is a bit slicker, it still doesn't seem to support embedded images in emails I compose (although it has no trouble displaying them in emails I receive).

As two or three people email me "funnies" every now and then, I'd like to reciprocate, and it looks lame and second-rate to have to attach images!

So does anyone know of a web-based email service that allows one to embed images in emails?

I also have a gmail email addres; but I don't think that supports embedded images either.

[Spacecadet]

hotmail?

[stek]

MobileMe

[OwlHoot]

Hmm, MobileMe looks Apple-specific.

But Hotmail, yes that sounds good. Now why didn't I think of that?

Thanks

[OwlHoot]

Hotmail didn't work - It's absolutely paraplegic, almost worse than Yahoo mail.

Come on guys, get your thinking caps on - There must be some web email system that supports embedded images.

Or is it some obscure POP3 v IMAP limitation?

[lilelvis2000]

Apparently you need to select the image and the Ctrl+C, then in hotmail Ctrl+V and that does the trick.

I looked it up here: How to Insert an Image Inline in an Email with Windows Live Hotmail - About Email

It does work!

[OwlHoot]

Tried that, and it didn't work.

I started a new message, and switched to HTML mode (which I presume is needed).

Then I opened an image on a local disk in Internet Explorer, clicked ctrl+C on that and ctrl+V in the message.

But all I get (in Hotmail and Yahoo mail) is a blank "frame", and that's all I see when I send the email to myself.

Why the flip does it have to be so _cumbersome_? Why not be able to select a locally stored image in Windows Explorer for example, instead of faffing around having to upload the image to the web (which I'm not prepared to do each time), or just have a drop down window one can browse directly to a local image ?!

[TimberWolf]

According to this (2 year old) post, you can embed images but they have to exist on the web.

[pmeswani]

Tried that, and it didn't work.

I started a new message, and switched to HTML mode (which I presume is needed).

Then I opened an image on a local disk in Internet Explorer, clicked ctrl+C on that and ctrl+V in the message.

But all I get (in Hotmail and Yahoo mail) is a blank "frame", and that's all I see when I send the email to myself.

Why the flip does it have to be so _cumbersome_? Why not be able to select a locally stored image in Windows Explorer for example, instead of faffing around having to upload the image to the web (which I'm not prepared to do each time), or just have a drop down window one can browse directly to a local image ?!

You may need to save the image as a .png file before trying to embed it into the emal.

[OwlHoot]

According to this (2 year old) post, you can embed images but they have to exist on the web.

But a browser can happily serve a local file with a "file://" scheme - Why in Heaven's name isn't that transparent to the copy and paste?!

It can only be some commercial consideration, wanting to encourage web images. But what is the advantage of that?

I can only think it is Microsoft wanting to maximize ad revenue from image hosting web sites.