Send embedded image to Gmail account...

Jemboy · December 5

Hi,
I am working on an automailer to mail some reoccuring orders automatically.
For the mailing part I am using

At the end of the e-mail I wanted to add my signature and did this by adding <img src="data:image/png;base64,PLACE_BASE64_HERE" alt="Logo"> to the HTML body.
When I receive the e-mail in the image from the signature was not showing.
Then I discoverd that Gmail won't show base64 embedded images.
As a test I send the same mail to a hotmail account and the logo/image was showing!

In the Autoit forum I found the topic below. The script does work, however it will send the "imbedded" image as an attachment.
Although the file can not be downloaded (within gmail), ith shows as an attachment in the e-mail list (paperclip icon).

I noticed that e-mail send from Outlook with signatures do show in messages delivered into Gmail inboxes,
however the image in the signature does NOT show up as attachment.

Does anyone now an autoit way to use @mLipok SMTP Mailer UDF with an embedded image that will show in Gmail messages ?
Basically sending the signature with an images as Outlook 2021 is doing ?

Edited December 5 by Jemboy

SOLVE-SMART · December 5

Hi @Jemboy 👋 ,

I guess it's not possible. In case gmail has such restrictions that the embedded image (in the email body) cannot be base64 based, then you can only add the image as attachment like you already dicovered on your own. I see no other chance.

I am very curious about other opinions ... maybe it can be achieved, but I am very sceptical.

Best of luck 🍀 .

Best regards
Sven

Jemboy · December 5

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Hi @SOLVE-SMART, I asked a co-worker who works with Microsoft mail to send me an e-mail with is signature.
My part of the organization uses Gmail Works and his signature with image was viewable in my Gmail.
As you can see the first part is some Base64 encoded data and at the end are some Content settings I believe to show the image.
In this instance the image is not shown as an attachment by Gmail.

ioa747 · December 5

you can make a Signature Defaults
Create a Gmail signature
settings/general

Edited December 5 by ioa747

water · December 5

In my OutlookEX UDF I had to do it in two steps:
First add the picture as attachment to the mail item, then refer to this attachment in the mail text.

The trick is to create an inline picture by using a content id (CID).
Please see example 4 from _OL_ItemCreate.au3.

Edited December 5 by water

TheXman · December 5

5 hours ago, Jemboy said:

Does anyone now an autoit way to use @mLipok SMTP Mailer UDF with an embedded image that will show in Gmail messages ?

Is using the SMTP Mailer UDF a hard requirement? If so, I will let someone else figure that out. I don't use the SMTP Mailer UDF. I use my own UDF which is based on the CMail CLI tool. I've used CMail to send emails from AutoIt for several years (2017) and it works quite well. As you can see below, it can handle sending inline images to Gmail recipients (or any other recipients) without any issues. Since CMail is a command line tool, you just need to build the correct command line and execute it. CMail also lets you use configuration files. Using a config file makes building the command line much easier.

Image of GMail email sent from AutoIt script using CMail:

image.png.a2acace4eed29da75882cf7b85e27356.png

To point you in the right direction, the CMail parameter for attaching an inline image is "-ai:file". The HTML email then needs to include the following img tag where you want the inline image embedded. In general, to send an inline image in an HTML email, you need to send it as a "multipart/related" MIME type. The content ID (CID) in the img tag tells it which multipart section to embed. The email client, in my case CMail, is responsible for including the file in the correct format. I don't want to get too deep into the weeds of SMTP and MIME types, so if you have additional questions, feel free to ask for more information.

<img width="48" height="48" src="cid:BrainAvatar.jpg">

The section below shows the HTML used to send the email from the image above. Near the bottom, you will see img tag with the CID referencing the image to embed. Basically, the "-ai:file" parameter in CMail attaches a "multipart/related" section in the email, which is needed for inline images.

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;Sample HTML
$sHtml &= '<!DOCTYPE html>' & @CRLF
$sHtml &= '<html>' & @CRLF
$sHtml &= '<head>' & @CRLF
$sHtml &= '<style>' & @CRLF
$sHtml &= '<!--' & @CRLF
$sHtml &= '/* Font Definitions */' & @CRLF
$sHtml &= '@font-face {font-family: "Calibri";}' & @CRLF
$sHtml &= @CRLF
$sHtml &= '/* Style Definitions */' & @CRLF
$sHtml &= 'body {' & @CRLF
$sHtml &= 'font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif";' & @CRLF
$sHtml &= ' font-size: 12pt;' & @CRLF
$sHtml &= ' }' & @CRLF
$sHtml &= 'p {' & @CRLF
$sHtml &= 'font-size: 12pt;' & @CRLF
$sHtml &= 'font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif";' & @CRLF
$sHtml &= '}' & @CRLF
$sHtml &= 'p.Sig {' & @CRLF
$sHtml &= 'font-size: 11pt;' & @CRLF
$sHtml &= 'font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif";' & @CRLF
$sHtml &= '}' & @CRLF
$sHtml &= '-->' & @CRLF
$sHtml &= '</style>' & @CRLF
$sHtml &= '</head>' & @CRLF
$sHtml &= '<body>' & @CRLF
$sHtml &= @CRLF
$sHtml &= '<p>This is a sample paragraph.  It has a few sentences.  Like this one.</p>' & @CRLF
$sHtml &= '<p>This was sent from a test script.</p>' & @CRLF
$sHtml &= @CRLF
$sHtml &= '<p class="Sig">' & @CRLF
$sHtml &= '__<br>' & @CRLF
$sHtml &= '<Redacted><br>' & @CRLF
$sHtml &= '<br>' & @CRLF
$sHtml &= '&nbsp;<img width="48" height="48" src="cid:BrainAvatar.jpg"><br>' & @CRLF
$sHtml &= '<b><i>&quot;The Xman&quot;</i></b><br>' & @CRLF
$sHtml &= '<br>' & @CRLF
$sHtml &= '</p>' & @CRLF
$sHtml &= @CRLF
$sHtml &= '</body>' & @CRLF
$sHtml &= '</html>' & @CRLF
$sHtml &= @CRLF

The relevant lines in the script that set up and sent the email looks like this:

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;Mail Variables
Local $sServer             = "<redacted host name>", _
      $iPort               = 465, _
      $iSecurity           = $CM_SECURITY_SSL, _
      $sAuthUserName       = "<redacted user name>", _
      $sAuthPassword       = "<redacted password>", _ 
      $sFromAddress        = "<redacted email address>:No Reply", _
      $sToAddress          = "<redacted email address>:TheXman",  _
      $sSubject            = "Inline Image Email Example", _
      $sBody               = $sHtml, _
      $bBodyIsFilePath     = False, _
      $bBodyContainsHtml   = True, _
      $sAttachment         = "", _
      $sCc                 = "", _
      $sBcc                = "", _
      $sReplyTo            = "", _
      $iPriority           = "", _
      $iDsn                = $CM_DSN_DEFAULT, _
      $bReadReceipt        = False, _
      $bLog                = True, _
      $sLogPath            = "", _
      $sEmbeddedAttachment = "C:\Projects\Personal\AutoIt\_MyIncludes\SMTP\Examples\BrainAvatar.jpg"


;Send a test email
_CMail( _
    $sServer, _
    $iPort, _
    $iSecurity, _
    $sAuthUserName, _
    $sAuthPassword, _
    $sFromAddress, _
    $sToAddress,  _
    $sSubject, _
    $sBody, _
    $bBodyIsFilePath, _
    $bBodyContainsHtml, _
    $sAttachment, _
    $sCc, _
    $sBcc, _
    $sReplyTo, _
    $iPriority, _
    $iDsn, _
    $bReadReceipt, _
    $bLog, _
    $sLogPath, _
    $sEmbeddedAttachment _
    )

This gives you an idea of how it can be done using an alternate method. If you want to stick with your current method, or prefer some other method, please disregard it all together.

Edited December 5 by TheXman
Correct typos

mLipok · December 5

5 hours ago, Jemboy said:

Does anyone now an autoit way to use @mLipok SMTP Mailer UDF with an embedded image that will show in Gmail messages ?
Basically sending the signature with an images as Outlook 2021 is doing ?

You must send it as HTML not as TEXT and of course you must prepare your HTML to be like a MHT file.
I mean the HTML should include image as a base64 encoded string.

for example:

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<link rel="icon" data-savepage-href="https://www.autoitscript.com/images/favicon/favicon-128x128.png" href="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAIAAAACACAIAAABMXPacAAAOEUlEQVR4Ae1dBXvsOpJ9P2Zmd

Edited December 5 by mLipok
typos

Jemboy · December 6

@ioa747Thanks for your reply, however my issue is not sending a signature with Gmail, but viewing a signature (send as imbedded base64) with Gmail.

@waterVery neat solution, however it looks like I may need to have Outlook installed and configured. The company I work for does not use Outlook.
I did try to run _OL_ItemCreate.au3 though and got an error message saying the Testenviroment could not be created.

@TheXmanThis CMail is very versatile indeed.🙂 My intent is always (if possible) not to use thirdparty tools. However because of the straight forward implementation, I might switch to CMail in the future if I do not find a simple and workable solution to use @mLipok UDF with an inline image.

@mLipokFirst GREAT mail UDF you have created (with credit to @Jos. I have used your UDF several times. E.g. I have an auto server reboot script, which uses your script to e-mail me when it needs to reboot, when it is going to reboot and when the reboot has completed.
Your example/quote left me puzzled, it seems like a basic embedded image using base64, but Gmail won't show this type of embedded image.

For now I will keep using the example found in this posting https://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/132019-imaged-embedded-into-an-email/?do=findComment&comment=1093334 by @TheBlacksheep although it is difficult to wrap in my head😁

My biggest problem for now is, that I have been working at my script on/off for 2 weeks now and I am jeopardizes my other work, so I must complete my script ASAP.

I will keep looking for other simple solutions to this problem and may even post them if I find one (in conjuction with mLipok's UDF.
Thanks y'ol for your input👍

water · December 6

20 hours ago, water said:

The trick is to create an inline picture by using a content id (CID).

I didn't want to tell you to use Outlook and my UDF.
I just wanted to stress that I once had the same problem and that CID was the solution.

TheXman perfectly described how to create the needed HTML mail. Which program you use to send this mail is your choice

mLipok · December 6

1 hour ago, Jemboy said:

Your example/quote left me puzzled, it seems like a basic embedded image using base64, but Gmail won't show this type of embedded image.

Have you tried this concept yet?

Edited December 6 by mLipok

argumentum · December 6

3 hours ago, Jemboy said:

This CMail is very versatile indeed.🙂 My intent is always (if possible) not to use thirdparty tools

3 hours ago, Jemboy said:

I must complete my script ASAP.

Use that and call it a day. Actually make the code UDF like and share it here. There. A solution for you and for me too

Jemboy · December 9

On 12/6/2024 at 1:19 PM, mLipok said:

Have you tried this concept yet?

Yes, I did.
First I went to an online website and converted a PNG image to base64. Because this was a lot of text, I saved it to a file logo_base64.txt.
In the script, I read the content of the logo_base64.txt into a string.

Added the following <img src="data:image/png;base64,PLACE_BASE64_HERE" alt="Logo"> to the HTML-body of before sending the e-mail.
I had PLACE_BASE64_HERE replaced by the string with the base64 content.

Next I sent the e-mail to a Gmail account and to my private e-mail (an old hotmail.com account).
When opening the Gmail, I see the image place holder for half a second before it dissapear and no logo is shown.
The hotmail account (outlook.com) just shows the logo in the e-mail.

When using https://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/132019-imaged-embedded-into-an-email/?do=findComment&comment=1093334 the logo is displayed by both Gmail and Hotmail/Outlook.

Jemboy · December 9

On 12/6/2024 at 12:36 PM, water said:

I didn't want to tell you to use Outlook and my UDF.
I just wanted to stress that I once had the same problem and that CID was the solution.

TheXman perfectly described how to create the needed HTML mail. Which program you use to send this mail is your choice

Hi water, no bad thought entered my mind. I hold you and others Autoit guru's in the highest esteem😁
Indeed your solution is very nice, but above my level to try to reshape it for my use in a short amount of time.

Your are correct about TheXman describing the HTML mail (and adding the image), however this only when using CMail als the e-mail sender.
The part creating the Content ID (CID) is completely done internally by CMail.
Your UDF is doing this also internally (I presume using an Outlook DLL/object).

Jemboy · December 9

On 12/6/2024 at 3:32 PM, argumentum said:

Use that and call it a day. Actually make the code UDF like and share it here. There. A solution for you and for me too

I don't have enough structure in my life to create enough time to make an UDF. 🙂
However I have posted some projects in the past and I try to format all my replies,
so people with the same question or problem could "easily" use my answer to determine how to solve the problem.

water · December 9

51 minutes ago, Jemboy said:

The part creating the Content ID (CID) is completely done internally by CMail.
Your UDF is doing this also internally (I presume using an Outlook DLL/object).

My understanding is that - as the CID part is completely embedded in the HTML that has to be created by you - the mail program (be it Outlook or CMail or ...) is only used to put the HTML mail into an envelope and transmit it. No changes to the HTML will be done by Outlook/CMail.
But I could be wrong

Jos · December 9

Just had a look at this, and something like this change to my UDF will make it work for me.

Just use the defined format defining the source file full path in the HTML body:

Global $oMyRet[2]
Global $oMyError = ObjEvent("AutoIt.Error", "MyErrFunc")
;##################################
; Include
;##################################
#include <file.au3>
;##################################
; Variables
;##################################
$SmtpServer = "smtp.gmail.com"              ; address for the smtp-server to use - REQUIRED
$FromName = "Jos"                      ; name from who the email was sent
$FromAddress = "j....@gmail.com" ;  address from where the mail should come
$ToAddress   = "j....@gmail.com"   ; destination address of the email - REQUIRED
$Subject = "Test Gmail message with inline images"                   ; subject from the email - can be anything you want it to be
$Body = "<body> test email with 2 images inline:<br>" & _
        "first image: ##image#'C:\path-to-file\image1.png'##" & _
        "second image: ##image#C:\path-to-file\image2.png##" & _
        "<br></body>"                           ; the messagebody from the mail - can be left blank but then you get a blank mail
$AttachFiles = ""                       ; the file you want to attach- leave blank if not needed
$CcAddress = ""                         ; address for cc - leave blank if not needed
$BccAddress = ""                        ; address for bcc - leave blank if not needed
$Importance = "Normal"                  ; Send message priority: "High", "Normal", "Low"
$Username = "j....@gmail.com"           ; username for the account used from where the mail gets sent - REQUIRED
$Password = "--your password --"        ; password for the account used from where the mail gets sent - REQUIRED
$IPPort = 465                           ; GMAIL port used for sending the mail
$ssl = 1                                ; GMAIL enables/disables secure socket layer sending - put to 1 if using httpS
$tls = 0                                ; enables/disables TLS when required

;~ $SmtpServer = "smtp.gmail.com"       ; GMAIL address for the smtp-server to use - REQUIRED
;~ $IPPort=465                          ; GMAIL port used for sending the mail
;~ $ssl=1                               ; GMAIL enables/disables secure socket layer sending - put to 1 if using httpS
;~ $SmtpServer = "smtp.office365.com"   ; O365 address for the smtp-server to use - REQUIRED
;~ $IPPort=25                           ; O365 port used for sending the mail
;~ $ssl=1                               ; O365 enables/disables secure socket layer sending - put to 1 if using httpS
;~ SmtpServer = "smtp.mail.yahoo.com"   ; Yahoo address for the smtp-server to use - REQUIRED
;~ $IPPort = 465                        ; Yahoo port used for sending the mail
;~ $ssl = 1                             ; Yahoo enables/disables secure socket layer sending - put to 1 if using httpS

;##################################
; Script
;##################################
Global $oMyRet[2]
Global $oMyError = ObjEvent("AutoIt.Error", "MyErrFunc")
$rc = _INetSmtpMailCom($SmtpServer, $FromName, $FromAddress, $ToAddress, $Subject, $Body, $AttachFiles, $CcAddress, $BccAddress, $Importance, $Username, $Password, $IPPort, $ssl, $tls)
If @error Then
    MsgBox(0, "Error sending message", "Error code:" & @error & "  Description:" & $rc)
EndIf
;
; The UDF
Func _INetSmtpMailCom($SmtpServer, $FromName, $FromAddress, $ToAddress, $Subject = "", $as_Body = "", $AttachFiles = "", $CcAddress = "", $BccAddress = "", $Importance = "Normal", $Username = "", $Password = "", $IPPort = 25, $ssl = 0, $tls = 0)
    Local $objEmail = ObjCreate("CDO.Message")
    ; convert the Fromname to UTF-8 basex64 to allow for UTF characters in the name
    If $FromName <> "" Then $FromName = "=?utf-8?B?" & _Base64Encode(BinaryToString(StringToBinary($FromName, 4), 1)) & '?='
    $objEmail.From = '"' & $FromName & '" <' & $FromAddress & '>'
    $objEmail.To = $ToAddress
    Local $i_Error = 0
    Local $i_Error_desciption = ""
    If $CcAddress <> "" Then $objEmail.Cc = $CcAddress
    If $BccAddress <> "" Then $objEmail.Bcc = $BccAddress
    $objEmail.Subject = $Subject
    If StringInStr($as_Body, "<") And StringInStr($as_Body, ">") Then
        ; add embedded images when defined
        Local $aImages = 0, $iImgCnt = 0
        $aImages = StringRegExp($as_Body, "##image#['""]?([^#'""]*)['""]?##", $STR_REGEXPARRAYGLOBALMATCH)
        $iImgCnt += 1
        For $i = 0 To UBound($aImages) - 1
            $iImgCnt += 1
            $fileext = StringRegExpReplace($aImages[$i], ".*(\.+.*)", "$1")
            $as_Body = StringRegExpReplace($as_Body, "(##image#['""]?([^#'""]*)['""]?##)", "<img src=" & $iImgCnt & $fileext & ">", 1)
            $objBP = $objEmail.AddRelatedBodyPart($aImages[$i], $iImgCnt & $fileext, 1)
            $objBP.Fields.Item("urn:schemas:mailheader:Content-ID") = "<" & $iImgCnt & $fileext & ">"
            $objBP.Fields.Update
            ConsoleWrite('+> Image placed inline: ' & $aImages[$i] & @LF)
        Next
        $objEmail.HTMLBody = $as_Body
        $objEmail.HTMLBodyPart.CharSet = "UTF-8"
    Else
        $objEmail.Textbody = $as_Body & @CRLF
        $objEmail.TextBodyPart.CharSet = "UTF-8"
    EndIf
    If $AttachFiles <> "" Then
        Local $Files2Attach = StringSplit($AttachFiles, ";")
        For $x = 1 To $Files2Attach[0]
            $Files2Attach[$x] = _PathFull($Files2Attach[$x])
            If FileExists($Files2Attach[$x]) Then
                ConsoleWrite('+> File attachment added: ' & $Files2Attach[$x] & @LF)
                $objEmail.AddAttachment($Files2Attach[$x])
            Else
                ConsoleWrite('!> File not found to attach: ' & $Files2Attach[$x] & @LF)
                SetError(1)
                Return 0
            EndIf
        Next
    EndIf
    $objEmail.Configuration.Fields.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusing") = 2
    $objEmail.Configuration.Fields.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserver") = $SmtpServer
    If Number($IPPort) = 0 Then $IPPort = 25
    $objEmail.Configuration.Fields.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserverport") = $IPPort
    ;Authenticated SMTP
    If $Username <> "" Then
        $objEmail.Configuration.Fields.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpauthenticate") = 1
        $objEmail.Configuration.Fields.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusername") = $Username
        $objEmail.Configuration.Fields.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendpassword") = $Password
    EndIf
    ; Set security params
    If $ssl Then $objEmail.Configuration.Fields.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpusessl") = True
    If $tls Then $objEmail.Configuration.Fields.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendtls") = True
    ;Update settings
    $objEmail.Configuration.Fields.Update
    ; Set Email Importance
    Switch $Importance
        Case "High"
            $objEmail.Fields.Item("urn:schemas:mailheader:Importance") = "High"
        Case "Normal"
            $objEmail.Fields.Item("urn:schemas:mailheader:Importance") = "Normal"
        Case "Low"
            $objEmail.Fields.Item("urn:schemas:mailheader:Importance") = "Low"
    EndSwitch
    $objEmail.Fields.Update
    ; Sent the Message
    $objEmail.Send
    If @error Then
        SetError(2)
        Return $oMyRet[1]
    EndIf
    $objEmail = ""
EndFunc   ;==>_INetSmtpMailCom
;
;
; Com Error Handler
Func MyErrFunc()
    $HexNumber = Hex($oMyError.number, 8)
    $oMyRet[0] = $HexNumber
    $oMyRet[1] = StringStripWS($oMyError.description, 3)
    ConsoleWrite("### COM Error !  Number: " & $HexNumber & "   ScriptLine: " & $oMyError.scriptline & "   Description:" & $oMyRet[1] & @LF)
    SetError(1) ; something to check for when this function returns
    Return
EndFunc   ;==>MyErrFunc

; Base64 UDF made by Trancexx https://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/84133-winhttp-functions/?do=findComment&comment=1260746
Func _Base64Encode($vInput)
    Local Const $CRYPT_STRING_BASE64 = 0x00000001
    Local Const $CRYPT_STRING_NOCRLF = 0x40000000

    $vInput = Binary($vInput)
    Local $tInput = DllStructCreate("byte[" & BinaryLen($vInput) & "]")
    DllStructSetData($tInput, 1, $vInput)

    Local $aCall = DllCall("Crypt32.dll", "bool", "CryptBinaryToStringA", _
            "struct*", $tInput, _
            "dword", DllStructGetSize($tInput), _
            "dword", $CRYPT_STRING_BASE64 + $CRYPT_STRING_NOCRLF, _
            "ptr", 0, _
            "dword*", 0)
    If @error Or Not $aCall[0] Then Return SetError(1, 0, "") ; error calculating the length of the needed buffer

    Local $tOut = DllStructCreate("char[" & $aCall[5] & "]")

    $aCall = DllCall("Crypt32.dll", "int", "CryptBinaryToStringA", _
            "struct*", $tInput, _
            "dword", DllStructGetSize($tInput), _
            "dword", $CRYPT_STRING_BASE64 + $CRYPT_STRING_NOCRLF, _
            "struct*", $tOut, _
            "dword*", DllStructGetSize($tOut))
    If @error Or Not $aCall[0] Then Return SetError(2, 0, "") ; error encoding

    Return DllStructGetData($tOut, 1)
EndFunc   ;==>_Base64Encode

Edited December 11 by Jos
updated code

Jemboy · December 10

19 hours ago, water said:

My understanding is that - as the CID part is completely embedded in the HTML that has to be created by you - the mail program (be it Outlook or CMail or ...) is only used to put the HTML mail into an envelope and transmit it. No changes to the HTML will be done by Outlook/CMail.
But I could be wrong

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--_004_DBBPR05MB6457BF03345E282B6FFF6941E6302DBBPR05MB6457eurp_
Content-Type: image/png; name="image001.png"
Content-Description: image001.png
Content-Disposition: inline; filename="image001.png"; size=17675;
    creation-date="Thu, 05 Dec 2024 12:35:06 GMT";
    modification-date="Thu, 05 Dec 2024 12:35:06 GMT"
Content-ID: <image001.png@01DB471A.7B3CDE30>
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64

iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAVIAAAA9CAYAAAD/AOHUAAAgAElEQVR4Ae19d3yUxfP/JKQ3EiCN
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@waterNeither I am. 🙂 The above is part of the source code of an e-mail I received. On the end of the third line you can finf: src=3D"cid:image0=
01.png@01DB471A.7B3CDE30" , I believe this has to match with the line Content-ID: <image001.png@01DB471A.7B3CDE30> (just a few lines above the base64 data).
The base64 data (just took part of it as an example) must be created by converting the image.
Their must some kind of module in both CMail and Outlook to convert the image to base64.....

Jemboy · December 10

@JosTried your code but is not working for me.🤕🙂
What I did:

replaced the credentials with my own

replaced the image part HTML with the following:

Local $as_Body = "<body> test email with 2 images inline:<br>" & _
        "first image: ::image:" & @ScriptDir & "\image001.png" & "::" & _
        "second image: ::image:" & @ScriptDir & "\image002.png" & "::" & _
        "<br></body>"

and added the image001 and 002 to my @scriptdir.

replaced all jpg in your script with png.

I do receive the e-mail but without any images.
It probably has something to do with StringRegExp but I have never really understand StringRegExp very much.

Nine · December 10

In @Jos code the image path is surrounded with single quotes. In yours, there is none. IDK if that will make it work for you...

Jos · December 10

1 hour ago, Jemboy said:

"first image: ::image:" & @ScriptDir & "\image001.png" & "::"

The EXACT format the regex will search for in my example script is indeed:

::image:'Image file path/name'::

..and you can't deviate from that!
I think I will add this to the standard UDF be am open to suggestion for a "better" format.

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