Paul B. Gallagher wrote:
HilsB wrote:
Paul B. Gallagher wrote:
Ron Lesan wrote:

*Butting in 'cause I have the same problem   ---   and I don't*
*understand the explanation   ---   99% of what?*

Read the first two lines of my explanation.

If you send as HTML, you can specify the image size in percent (of
the screen size). Do Insert | Image, navigate to the image location
on your computer, and select it. In the insert dialog, choose the
"Dimensions" tab, "Custom size," and enter the width in "percent"
(not "pixels"). SeaMonkey will also insist that you enter an
"alternate text," which should be a short descriptive word or
phrase.

You need not specify both height and width; 99% width is enough.

Thanks for the replies.
I am aware of and have used this method when inserting photos. 75% width
works well for me.
My point is that it is a fairly cumbersome process particularly when
compared to the Apple mail options on image size.

Fair point. Sorry I have nothing more to offer.


How about resampling images for email. Say reduce to no larger than 600 or 800 px on a side. I use ImageMagick on Linux and IrfanViewer on Windows to batch reduce images for web use.

The advantage is is manifold. The embedded image will not be too big to be viewed by the recipient for typical monitor resolution.

Next scaling with constraining HTML attributes does not REDUCE the data size of the image. Whereas resampling an image will, and such reduction can dramatically reduce the size in bytes. No everyone has real broadband and may have limited data plans

Lastly email's legacy was a text-only protocol, so binary data must be encoded to character data. Such encoding can balloon binary data often doubling its size making the bandwidth issue worse. So that fresh from the camera 5-10MB image can easily balloon to 7-20MB when encoded for SMTP.


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Take care,

Jonathan
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