Bizarre Outlook Signature Problem

DanB · 3 Feb 2006 at 19:21

Anyone come across this before ? I've created an Outlook signature which comprises text and a small image. When I send the file, the resulting email always arives with the signature looking lovely, but also the image as a .png attachment. I can't find any option to turn this off, and Google isn't helping ?! :confused:

DanB · 5 Feb 2006 at 09:37

No one ?!

M0KUJ1N · 5 Feb 2006 at 11:15

Perhaps a slightly obvious question but....is Outlook configured to send mail in HTML format? The above behaviour sounds like the correct behaviour of a mailer configured to send mail in plain text.

(not that I advocate using HTML for sending email, or embedding pictures in your sig- what happened to good old ASCII I say!)

Caged · 5 Feb 2006 at 13:03

How else do you expect the image to get on the recipients computer? Upload it somewhere and then insert it into your signature.

DanB · 5 Feb 2006 at 15:43

I said - the picture embeds into the signature fine. Therefore clearly I'm sending in HTML.

Are you suggesting that unless I host the image somewhere online, that it's impossible to embed one into a signature without it also appearing as an attachment ?

M0KUJ1N · 5 Feb 2006 at 17:20

Caged said:
How else do you expect the image to get on the recipients computer? Upload it somewhere and then insert it into your signature.

The image is embedded in the message in the form of an embedded attachment, so there's not really any need to upload it centrally. Out of interest, what happens if you send a message with the aforementioned signature to yourself? Do you see it as you'd expect or does the image appear as an attachment? Just to rule out configuration at the receiver's end

DanB · 6 Feb 2006 at 12:09

I'm afraid I don't have access to the PC at the moment, but I did send a test message to the same PC, and also to my PC at home. They both did the same thing - showed the image embedded in the text beautifully, but also attached the same image as a .png attachment.

If I can avoid it, I don't want to have to upload the image and then <img> tag the email, as that means some security settings will mean they have to right-click 'show image' or allow the sender as safe before they see it.

For reference, this is something I'm doing for a school - they want the school details and the badge in the email footer.