put image in thunderbird signature

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2014-04
  • Questioner

    I would like to put a small image in my Thunderbird signature. I edited signature.html to add the false stuff, but the image still doesn't appear.

    <img moz-do-not-send="false" alt= etc. etc.>
    

    Any suggestions? (step by step, please)

  • Answers
  • nixda

    How to use an image as Thunderbird signature

    1. Put the image file in C:\ and rename it to image (for convenience)
    2. Open Notepad
    3. Type these HTML codes

      <b>Jhon Cena</b>
      <br><img moz-do-not-send="false" src="file:///C:/image.gif" alt="Signature">
      
    4. Save it to C:\ as Test.html
    5. You should have 2 files in C:\ drive: image.gif and Test.html
    6. Open Mozilla Thunderbird and login to your account
    7. Go to Tools Menu and select Account Settings
    8. Highlight your account
    9. Tick the option Attach the signature from a file instead (text, html or image)
    10. Click on Choose, navigate to C:, open Test.html and click OK
    11. To Test if its working, simply write a mail by clicking Write Button

    enter image description here tested on Windows XP Pro SP3


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    It's working fine if I send a new mail, but when I forward an existing mail item, the image isn't displayed.

    Upon inspecting the source of the mail, I found the following change in the signature image:

         <IMG height=128 alt="Compnay Logo" 
       src="mhtml:{4B829C94-37FC-44B9-A60C-CC4BB1E0AE9B}mid://00000152/!http://images.Google.com/intl/en_ALL/images/logos/images_logo_lg.gif" width=206 border=0>
    

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  • Pauli L

    It looks like Outlook has embedded the image in the mail message (using MHTML format) instead of using link.

    Outlook sometimes removes embedded images when forwarding (maybe if the message is sent outside your mail server?). I have not found any information about this in Outlook help files, nor any setting to control this. It may be done in the mail server also.

    You could try to use link instead of embedded image. (In this case, the image has to be available at some web server.) On Outlook 2003, you can select:
    Tools -> Options -> Mail Format -> Internet format button
    and uncheck the option "When an HTML message contains pictures located on the internet, send copy of the picture instead of the reference to their location".

    Note, however, that many email clients do not show any external images in received messages by default. In addition, messages with external image links may be detected as spam.

    In any case it is not good idea to have a signature that is an image only. If the image is removed for one reason or another, there will be no signature at all.