Mission: Communicate

Every so often my e-mail slows way down. Long into the process I get the hunch that someone nicely sent me a couple photos. And these two photos weigh in at about 1 ton each

Here are a few suggestions for e-mailing photos and sparing the receiver’s inbox:

Method #1) Use a simple photo program like Picasa

With this tool you can select a few photos and click a button to “send e-mail” and the images are optimized for sending good quality low-bulk pictures. (*the difference between a file for print and a file for screen is significant) This is a great option and there are several other options that do this well.

Method #2) Utilize an online photo service like Flickr

This is a popular service for organizing online photo albums. Among the many features is the ability to send people a photo from your online album, or to send them a link to your albums page. (A new feature is the ability to send the full size pictures as an e-mail to your flickr album and use the subject line as a title and the text in your e-mail as a description of the photo - VERY NICE!)

Method #3) Send a remote photo by inserting html into your e-mail.

This method sends an e-mail with very little weight. Actually the amount of space used in your friends inbox is no more than simple text.
~Upload the photo online, right click the file and view the properties.
~Copy the full location address
(i.e. “http://www.online.photo.com/picture.jpg”)
~Click the “insert image” option in an e-mail program like Outlook Express
~Paste the full web address of the photo’s location
~voilà - the photo is now inserted into the e-mail and the weight stays online. This e-mail will open like a webpage in your friends e-mail reader and the photo will load when they open the e-mail. (They must have an html able e-mail - which is the most commonly used e-mail system).

Simple, doable and saves your friends the terror of three hour e-mail for a couple photos on their dial-up service. Have you found another way to make this happen?

Further thoughts to come….
How to create a nice e-mail newsletter - text, photos and more…

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