Netscape Messenger
Inserting Images
 

Netscape Messenger allows you to insert images (.jpg or .gif formats only) into the body of an email message. The image can be one you have stored on a local file or found on the world wide web. You can embed the image in the email, which means that the actual image will be mailed along with the message. Alternatively, if the image is available on the Web (including any you have saved to your H: public.www folder) you can link to the image. When the recipient opens the message Netscape will pull the image from the web and then insert it.

Linking to an image rather than embedding it will make the file size of your message smaller. The recipient can still save any images you link to the same way in which you save an image from a web page (right-click on it and choose Save As).

To insert an image into the body of an email:

  1. With Netscape Messenger running, click on New Message. This will pop up a standard message composition window.
  2. On the message composition window, go to the Insert menu and select Image
  1. The Image Properties dialog window will open. Click Choose File.
  1. A file dialog window (fig. 1) will appear. Locate the desired image file and click once on the name to select it.
  2. Note: You can select an image file from any drive or folder if you intend to embed it and send it along with the message. Only your files under your public.www folder and its sub-folders are linkable.
  3. Click on Open. You will be returned to the Image Properties dialog window.
  1. In the Image Location field (top left) you will see the name of your graphic file preceded by a string of characters. This represents the mapped location of your file.
  2. To embed the image in the email body, click OK.

    3. OR

  3. To link to the image rather than embed it (and subsequently keep the file size of the message smaller), continue with the following steps

Because only you can read the contents of your H: drive, follow these steps to convert this string to a web URL.

  1. Drag the mouse to select all these characters: file:///H/PUBLIC.WWW/
  2. Replace the selected characters with the URL of your personal Oakton web directory on servercc.
  3. For Oakton employees, type http://servercc.oakton.edu/~username/

Example of complete strings, including file name: http://servercc.oakton.edu/~jsmith/logo.gif
http://servercc.oakton.edu/~jdoe/images/pic3.jpg

  1. Check the box for "Leave Image at the Original Location."
  2. Click OK. The image should now appear in the body of your message.

 

Inserting an image from a remote web site:

  1. Surf to the web page that contains the desired image.
  2. Right-click on the image
  3. Choose View Image from the popup menu. This will open the image alone in its own browser window.
  4. Copy the URL from the browser window.
  5. Follow the above instructions to insert an image into an email or new web page.
  6. Paste or type the URL into the Image location field.
  7. Check the box for "Leave Image at the Original Location."