How to convert a RTF Mail with Image in Signature to HTML Mail?

Question

Hello everybody,

i've got a RTF mail with a signature which contains an image. To convert this mail to HTML I try the following:

mail.BodyFormat = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.OlBodyFormat.olFormatHTML;
mail.Save();

The problem is that the image from the signature is added as an OLE attachment.

What can i do that the signature will retain the same as in the RTF mail?

Greets Werner

Answer 1

Embedded imagesi n RTF messages *are* OLE attachments.

Have you tried saving the message as an MHTML file?

Is this a new message? If yes, set the body format immediately after creating the message, then touch its inspector or display it (which will cause the signature to be added).

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Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
http://www.dimastr.com/redemption Redemption - what the Outlook Object Model should have been Version 5.3 is now available!

Answer 2

Hello Mr. Streblechenko,

no, this is not a new mail, it is an existing one. After changing the body format the

graphic is not longer within the mail but as an attachment. Please have a look at the image:

Greets Werner

Answer 3

HTML messages store images as attachments, they are never truly embedded into the HTML body; the body simply refers to the images by the attachment content-id.

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Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
http://www.dimastr.com/redemption Redemption - what the Outlook Object Model should have been Version 5.3 is now available!