How to embed image into Windows Live Mail (Win 7) email signature?

You need to use the path to the image, rather than the image itself.

See this article for step-by-step instructions:
Create Image Signatures in Windows Mail or Live Mail.

The steps are :

Create a HTML Signature Source File
Link the HTML file to your Email Signature
Fix Windows Live Mail Signature Image
You may need to go to Tools > Safety Options... > Security Tab > Download Images section, to uncheck Block Images

harrymc

Posted 2012-05-04T08:29:50.600

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Please see in the question where I have stated that I don't want to do step 4 because I think it weakens the security of the mail client. Is there way to achieve this without step 4? – CJ7 – 2012-05-08T08:51:36.967

It might work with Block Images on, just try and see. The security problem with images is usually the parameters that are appended to them. However, today all major email clients get images without parameters. I myself don't see images as a danger, especially since I have installed both antivirus and anti-intrusion security products. – harrymc – 2012-05-08T11:15:28.420

It doesn't work with Block Images on. The main problem with images in emails is that if they are linked to external websites then senders of spam can learn your IP address. – CJ7 – 2012-05-08T11:59:52.630

I use MailWasher as a pre-filter for my mail, so I never read any spam on my computer to start with. Advertising your IP address is not dangerous, since nobody can attack you thru your modem/router, which is by itself an excellent firewall, and then thru your own computer's firewall, unless you have unwisely turned on DMZ. The crooks know anyway your IP and maybe even your modem's model, since they know the block of iPv4 IP addresses allocated to your ISP thru the Internet Registry database.

– harrymc – 2012-05-08T16:06:13.080

Ok, but then why is the mail client defaulted to block images? I would prefer to leave the default security settings alone. – CJ7 – 2012-05-08T17:55:59.073

HTML signatures must be less than 4KB, so your only other option is to use a really small image in base64. Block Images was only supposed to apply to Internet images, so its applying to local ones is probably a MS bug. In any case, have you considered that if your recipients have the same default, they won't either be able to see the image in your signature? This works both ways. – harrymc – 2012-05-08T20:48:51.493

That's right, I didn't think of that, but there is an exception for people in your contacts. Can you get Windows Live Mail to add images to an email automatically in MIME format? That seems to be how Outlook does it although I don't have it so I'm not sure. – CJ7 – 2012-05-09T03:16:55.953

I don't use Windows Live Mail (too limited for me), but this article seems to imply that you should put the signature into the Stationery Folder.

– harrymc – 2012-05-09T06:23:29.013

Does that not the same link which I have provide in my comment sir? :) – avirk – 2012-05-09T12:04:57.327

@avirk: I'm only trying to find here for the OP a placement for the signature that does not need Block Images to be unchecked. He already knows the rest. This placement is the only difference between your (our?) link and his link in the post. – harrymc – 2012-05-09T12:24:11.357

How about this tutorial. However I'm not using the windows live mail but I'll check the compatibility of the article and tell you. If you got problem let me know.

– avirk – 2012-05-09T02:35:20.397

Also see this video and check other videos uploaded by the same user.

– avirk – 2012-05-09T12:12:46.303

How to embed image into Windows Live Mail (Win 7) email signature?

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