Mass HTML email and images

Note. The following information conserns 2.xx versions of Atomic Mail Sender.

Atomic Mail Sender allows you to include images into your HTML mass email messages. When you are sending an HTML-based email, there are two ways to add graphics:

• Link images: in this case you need to add code like this to your HTML:
  <img src=http://www.yoursite.com/images/mypic1.gif>
  and must have the image mypic1.gif uploaded to the site (you need to have a site). The advantage of this way is the smallest size of the e-mail message because it contains only a link to the image. The disadvantage is that some users who access the Internet via a dial-up connection and who are currently off-line will not see the linked image.
• Embed images: here you embed required the graphics you need into the e-mail message. Part of the HTML code will be as follows: <img src=mypic1.gif>. The file mypic1.gif must be attached to the message, only this way it will be shown correctly in the recipient's mail program. The advantage of this method is that you do not need a site with images, the disadvantage is that the size of the message grows (because image files are usually large). There is another problem with embedded images – if the recipient reads such an e-mail in the browser (using the mailbox web interface, like mail.yahoo.com), he will not see the image, because most web interfaces can't show embedded images.

Now let's see how to link and how to embed graphics into HTML emails.

How to link images

1. This method presupposes that you select Format / External HTML Source in Atomic Mail Sender.

2. After this you need to paste HTML code from the clipboard to the Atomic Mail Sender (the Edit / Paste command) or import a HTML file (Edit / Import the text). After that the source code of your HTML file will appear in Atomic Mail Sender's edit area(i.e. future HTML e-mail).

3. Make sure that all links to images are valid (you can test how it will look in the browser - Message / Check in browser). Carefully look through the text, it must not contain links like file://c:\Documents and Settings\Bill\My documents\My web pages\Images\my photo.jpg, because nobody, but you will see such an image.

4. Specify the subject of your e-mail and your feedback information, fill the list of recipients and send the mail.

How to embed images

1. This method presupposes that select Format / HTML format in Atomic Mail Sender.

2. Choosing this method, you can compose your message the way it is done in Outlook. You can use various text styles, fonts, sizes and colors. In addition to this, you can add images to the text.

Atomic Mail Sender allows you to change the background of the message – Format / Background / Picture. Use the dialog box to open the file and the background of your message will be tiled with it.

To add an image (currently you can use with GIF, JPEG, BMP, ICO), simply click the button on the toolbar or select Format / Insert / Picture. Use the new dialog box to browse for the file with your picture and click Open to insert it. The image will be inserted near the cursor position in the edit area.

3. Make sure that all images are displayed correctly in your browser (you can test it - Message / Check in browser).

4. Specify the subject of your e-mail and your feedback information, fill the list of recipients and send the mail.

That is a small example of how The Bat! (an e-mail client) shows a message sent from Atomic Mail Sender.

If you have any questions regarding Atomic Mail Sender and its features, feel free to contact us. We are happy to answer all your questions.