Outlook signature issue

Question

I have created signature for my Windows mail

signature HTML file has following code.

       <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
       <tr>
       <td>Regards</td>
     </tr>
      <tr>
       <td><img src="http://images.Google.com/intl/en_ALL/images/logos/images_logo_lg.gif" align="Signature Picture" /></td>
   </tr>
  </table>

its working fine once I send message, but when if I foreword send item again I got signature but image not display.

once I check the source of email I found following change in signature image automatically like

     <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>

how to fix it.

or any other way to put image in signature (not image is also hosted on web server)

Answer 1

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.