Hi there, i´m trying to send a mass mail as light as possible by adding
images linked to a website so that they don´t have to go embedded. I´m using
Outlook and Word 2003 (as editor).

I do manage to send individual e-mails with linked images (had to use
Microsoft Scrit Editor to edit Source HTML). However, when I send the same
mail by Mail Merge, it embedds the images making the e-mail much heavier.

I tried many configuration options, but none seemed to work.

Any clues?

Tks

Fertalib

I'm not sure this still works, but at one time you could use a nested
mergefield like the following to achieve this effect:

{ QUOTE { INCLUDEPICTURE http://www.mysite.com/myimage.jpg
\*MERGEFORMATINET \d } }

All the {} need to be the special field braces you can insert using ctrl-F9.
That may work if you just want to send a link to a single image (i.e. all
the e-mails link to the same image). If you need each e-mail to link to a
different image, you /may/ be able to replace the URL by a mergefield
containing the URL, e.g.

{ QUOTE { INCLUDEPICTURE "{ MERGEFIELD picureURL }"
\*MERGEFORMATINET \d } }

You may also have to uncheck WOrd Tools|Options|General|Web
Options|Files|Update links on save.

Peter Jamieson


"fertalib" u21291@uwe wrote in message news:5f6a9bcef1492@uwe...
Hi there, i´m trying to send a mass mail as light as possible by adding
images linked to a website so that they don´t have to go embedded. I´m
using
Outlook and Word 2003 (as editor).

I do manage to send individual e-mails with linked images (had to use
Microsoft Scrit Editor to edit Source HTML). However, when I send the same
mail by Mail Merge, it embedds the images making the e-mail much heavier.

I tried many configuration options, but none seemed to work.

Any clues?

Tks

Fertalib

Peter, thanks for your reply. I guess something in the order of the
commands/braces is not right. Anyway I tried some combinations and it still
attaches the image. Is there any other "candidate option" to unmark?

Best Regars

Fernando

Peter Jamieson wrote:
I'm not sure this still works, but at one time you could use a nested
mergefield like the following to achieve this effect:

{ QUOTE { INCLUDEPICTURE http://www.mysite.com/myimage.jpg
\*MERGEFORMATINET \d } }

All the {} need to be the special field braces you can insert using ctrl-F9.
That may work if you just want to send a link to a single image (i.e. all
the e-mails link to the same image). If you need each e-mail to link to a
different image, you /may/ be able to replace the URL by a mergefield
containing the URL, e.g.

{ QUOTE { INCLUDEPICTURE "{ MERGEFIELD picureURL }"
\*MERGEFORMATINET \d } }

You may also have to uncheck WOrd Tools|Options|General|Web
Options|Files|Update links on save.

Peter Jamieson

Hi there, i´m trying to send a mass mail as light as possible by adding
images linked to a website so that they don´t have to go embedded. I´m
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Fertalib

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I guess something in the order of the
commands/braces is not right.

Not necessarily - it may simply not work as I expected.

Is there any other "candidate option" to unmark?

Not that I know of.

Sorry.

Peter Jamieson



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news:5f77ee25144d5@uwe...
Peter, thanks for your reply. I guess something in the order of the
commands/braces is not right. Anyway I tried some combinations and it
still
attaches the image. Is there any other "candidate option" to unmark?

Best Regars

Fernando

Peter Jamieson wrote:
I'm not sure this still works, but at one time you could use a nested
mergefield like the following to achieve this effect:

{ QUOTE { INCLUDEPICTURE http://www.mysite.com/myimage.jpg
\*MERGEFORMATINET \d } }

All the {} need to be the special field braces you can insert using
ctrl-F9.
That may work if you just want to send a link to a single image (i.e. all
the e-mails link to the same image). If you need each e-mail to link to a
different image, you /may/ be able to replace the URL by a mergefield
containing the URL, e.g.

{ QUOTE { INCLUDEPICTURE "{ MERGEFIELD picureURL }"
\*MERGEFORMATINET \d } }

You may also have to uncheck WOrd Tools|Options|General|Web
Options|Files|Update links on save.

Peter Jamieson

Hi there, i´m trying to send a mass mail as light as possible by adding
images linked to a website so that they don´t have to go embedded. I´m
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]

Fertalib

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