error loading picture from internet into HTML email

[hscampbell]

Hi,

I am trying to create very simple custom stationery, basically one picture
(company logo) in the body of the email.

I want to reference the picture from the internet to avoid the attachments,
which look unprofessional. My process is:

Open new HTML based email
Insert > Picture > From File > http://url.com/logo.gif

Pop-up box asks "Convert From:" I choose GIF.

Error message: Error occurred while importing this file:
http://url.com/logo.gif


I've tried with many different gifs and keep getting the same results. I've
tried with and without Word as my editor, which doesn't seem to make a
difference.

I CAN insert pictures from my harddrive, for what that's worth.

Any advice, guidance, direction GREATLY appreciated.

 

[hscampbell]

OK, so I turned off Word as my email editor, and I was able to put in a URL
for a logo and have it accepted (along with alternate text.) But even on my
own machine the graphic (a GIF) is coming up as a red X square.

I also tried to send it to another one of my Outlook email addresses, but
still no graphic.

Any thoughts? Could this be firewall related?