Update picture, how?

[Anton]

hi

outlook 2007

I have a image in my signature. this image is stored on a webserver. After
I'd created this signature I updated the image, but each time I write a new
email I get the old version of the image.. how can I get it updated to the
latest version?

And if I send someone an email with this signature, I want those signtures
to be updated also.. as the image is on the webserver.. but I'm not sure how
that can be done...

any ideas would be very helpful for me

 

[Roady [MVP]]

It sounds like you have not properly linked the image in your signature
then. Have you verified the HTML source of the signature that it is indeed
pointing to the location on the web server?
To get to your signature files, hold the CTRL button when pressing the
Signatures... button in the Options dialog.

 

[Anton]

yes I has verified that the url to the image works, I pasted the url into IE
and IE displayed the image, so url is good

my signture is named "test"

in test.htm I see this markup:
<v:imagedata src="test_files/image001.gif"
o:href="http://localhost:1472/myWebsite1/Show.aspx?id=30"/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=150 height=56
src="test_files/image001.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1025"><![endif]></p>

i replaced the url to "est_files/image001.gif" with
http://localhost:1472/myWebsite1/Show.aspx?id=30
but that didn't help

any ideas? isn't there a checkbox in outlook 2007 to not embed linked
images? maybe it can have something to do with this?

 

[Roady [MVP]]

You're pointing to a local web server which will not be valid to the
receiver so the image will be either broken or embedded. Make sure you are
using a publicly accessible URL.

To control the behavior of linked images see;
http://www.msoutlook.info/question/72



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yes I has verified that the url to the image works, I pasted the url into
IE and IE displayed the image, so url is good

my signture is named "test"

in test.htm I see this markup:
<v:imagedata src="test_files/image001.gif"
o:href="http://localhost:1472/myWebsite1/Show.aspx?id=30"/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=150 height=56
src="test_files/image001.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1025"><![endif]></p>

i replaced the url to "est_files/image001.gif" with
http://localhost:1472/myWebsite1/Show.aspx?id=30
but that didn't help

any ideas? isn't there a checkbox in outlook 2007 to not embed linked
images? maybe it can have something to do with this?

It sounds like you have not properly linked the image in your signature
then. Have you verified the HTML source of the signature that it is
indeed pointing to the location on the web server?
To get to your signature files, hold the CTRL button when pressing the
Signatures... button in the Options dialog.

 

[Anton]

I was only testing on my local computer, sending email to myself for the
purpose of testing this.

Now I've also tested using a image on a public server,
http://static.vg.no/gfx/vgnettlogo_front_199x73.gif
when I see in the test.htm, it has made a local copy of this image too:
<v:imagedata src="test_files/image001.gif"
o:href="http://static.vg.no/gfx/vgnettlogo_front_199x73.gif"/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=199 height=73
src="test_files/image001.gif"
v:shapes="_x0000_i1025"><![endif]><o></o></p>

I've doe what you suggestin http://www.msoutlook.info/question/72

should I instead create a .htm file and include that one as signature. and
let the htm file point to the image using a standard img tag?

You're pointing to a local web server which will not be valid to the
receiver so the image will be either broken or embedded. Make sure you are
using a publicly accessible URL.

To control the behavior of linked images see;
http://www.msoutlook.info/question/72



-----

yes I has verified that the url to the image works, I pasted the url into
IE and IE displayed the image, so url is good

my signture is named "test"

in test.htm I see this markup:
<v:imagedata src="test_files/image001.gif"
o:href="http://localhost:1472/myWebsite1/Show.aspx?id=30"/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=150 height=56
src="test_files/image001.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1025"><![endif]></p>

i replaced the url to "est_files/image001.gif" with
http://localhost:1472/myWebsite1/Show.aspx?id=30
but that didn't help

any ideas? isn't there a checkbox in outlook 2007 to not embed linked
images? maybe it can have something to do with this?

It sounds like you have not properly linked the image in your signature
then. Have you verified the HTML source of the signature that it is
indeed pointing to the location on the web server?
To get to your signature files, hold the CTRL button when pressing the
Signatures... button in the Options dialog.



"Anton" <no_email> wrote in message
hi

outlook 2007

I have a image in my signature. this image is stored on a webserver.
After I'd created this signature I updated the image, but each time I
write a new email I get the old version of the image.. how can I get it
updated to the latest version?

And if I send someone an email with this signature, I want those
signtures to be updated also.. as the image is on the webserver.. but
I'm not sure how that can be done...

any ideas would be very helpful for me

 

[Anton]

now I created a new email where I dragged the image from the browser and
into the email... sent the email to another email addres of mine. Then I
open it and view the image, when I hover the mouse of the image I see the
tooltip displays the urlof the image (pointing to the webserver) then I
update this image (make changes to the image onthe server), then I open the
email again and that email don't display the changes I had made.....

what I do wrong?

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

now I created a new email where I dragged the image from the browser and
into the email... sent the email to another email addres of mine. Then I
open it and view the image, when I hover the mouse of the image I see the
tooltip displays the urlof the image (pointing to the webserver) then I
update this image (make changes to the image onthe server), then I open the
email again and that email don't display the changes I had made.....

Have you tried clearing your Temporary Internet Files cache first?

 

[Anton]

not sure what is meant with Temporary Internet Files, but in IE (IE7)
properties (in General tab) I selected delete to delte files I've browsed
etc.. I restarted the computer and the problem is there still...

any ideas?

 

[Anton]

in the markup behind the email I see this code:

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><img width=150 height=56
id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:[email protected]"
alt="http://localhost:1472/myWebsite1/Show.aspx?id=30"></span><o></o></p>

which in my mind means that the name of this file is
"cid:[email protected]"
and the url that appear when mouse hovers over the image is simply the alt
tag...
So outlook made a copy of the image and sent that copy... it wasn't that I
wanted

I wanted it to send the link to the image, so if image is updated on the
server then the image is updated in the emails to, also in already sent
email if they have the reference to the same image....

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

in the markup behind the email I see this code:

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><img width=150 height=56
id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:[email protected]"
alt="http://localhost:1472/myWebsite1/Show.aspx?id=30"></span><o></o></p>

which in my mind means that the name of this file is
"cid:[email protected]"
and the url that appear when mouse hovers over the image is simply the alt
tag...
So outlook made a copy of the image and sent that copy... it wasn't that I
wanted

I'm not at my OL 2007 system right now, but can you click Tools>Options>Mail
Format>Internet Options? If so, is there a checkbox labeled "When an HTML
message contains pictures located on the Internet, send a copy of the picture
instead of the recerence to their location"? If so, try toggling that box's
setting and try again. I'd restart Outlook to try, since I don't know if that
takes effect immediately. I also don't know if that will help, since I can't
test right now.

 

[Anton]

No I don't see the "When an HTML
message contains pictures located on the Internet, send a copy of the
picture
instead of the recerence to their location" checkbox in OL2007 Options
window. I think that this option was removed in OL2007, anyway I did the
registry changes as stated in this article:
http://www.msoutlook.info/question/72 (set it to 0), I think that registry
setting is the same as the checkbox you mentioned...

still the same problem

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Correct.

Could you try it with directly putting a htm-file into the Signatures
folder?

All you need is this code really;
<html>
<body>
<img src="http://www.yourmailserver.com/pictures/picture.jpg">
</body>
</html>

Replace the URL with a valid on-line location of your picture.

As Brian said, you might need to clear your Temp Location for Outlook.
See http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/securetemp.htm