HTML Email and audio files

[Will]

I am trying to get Outlook XP to include a video file in my HTML formatted
email but it doesn't seem to work. I have the necessary files on my website
and access them in the email, still no go. I embedded the audio file in the
email like this

<embed
src="http://websitename.com/mg.mpg"
width="300"
height="220"
autoplay="true"
controller="true"></embed>

Going directly to the webpage using my browser the webpage works fine, but
not when I insert the webpage as text in my email and send it.

Is it standard now days that video and audio are not allowed to be carried
by MS software restrictions or email restrictions due to virus and spyware
concerns, or am I just doing something wrong.

Thanks for any help

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

See my response to your other post on this issue.

 

[Guest]

See my response to your other post on this issue.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

I am trying to get Outlook XP to include a video file in my HTML
formatted
email but it doesn't seem to work. I have the necessary files on my
website
and access them in the email, still no go. I embedded the audio file
in the
email like this

<embed
src="http://websitename.com/mg.mpg"
width="300"
height="220"
autoplay="true"
controller="true"></embed>

Going directly to the webpage using my browser the webpage works fine,
but
not when I insert the webpage as text in my email and send it.

Is it standard now days that video and audio are not allowed to be
carried
by MS software restrictions or email restrictions due to virus and
spyware
concerns, or am I just doing something wrong.

I suppose he figured that posting 3 hours later in a different group
(than microsoft.public.outlook) would result in a different "solution".
Before it was an audio file. Now it is a movie. Obviously he cares
nothing about flooding the recipient's mailbox with huge mails or
getting back lots of NDRs telling him his message exceeds the max size
for a message for the recipient's account. Since the files are on his
web site, he should be sending them small e-mails with links to his
files instead of rudely slamming their accounts with huge e-mails that
also will incur a longer download time to get it in the first place only
for the recipient to then find they don't want it.

Guess he'll have to try WITHOUT the block on external Internet content
in his e-mail client (which he did not mention WHICH version he tested
with) to see if he can then see his movie (and/or audio since that was
what he asked about over in microsoft.public.outlook). He'll have to
tell his recipients to disable those options in their e-mail client, if
possible, but I doubt they will bother.

He will also have to ask his recipients to switch from the Restricted
Sites security zone for their e-mail client's HTML rendering since that
security zone castrates the hell out of HTML-formatted e-mail to prevent
all sorts of nasties. Switching security zones (yeah, like recipient's
will bother to lose security for just this one sender) will do nothing
for recipients that read all message in plain-text mode. How much you
want to bet that he does not include a plain-text MIME part in his
message along with his HTML MIME part so those that read in only
plain-text mode can actually read his message rather than see a bunch of
HTML gobbletygook?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

So, VG, tell us how you REALLY feel about HTML mail <gd&rvvf - wlatw>

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, Vanguard asked:

|
| I suppose he figured that posting 3 hours later in a different group
| (than microsoft.public.outlook) would result in a different
| "solution". Before it was an audio file. Now it is a movie.
| Obviously he cares nothing about flooding the recipient's mailbox
| with huge mails or getting back lots of NDRs telling him his message
| exceeds the max size for a message for the recipient's account.
| Since the files are on his web site, he should be sending them small
| e-mails with links to his files instead of rudely slamming their
| accounts with huge e-mails that also will incur a longer download
| time to get it in the first place only for the recipient to then find
| they don't want it.
|
| Guess he'll have to try WITHOUT the block on external Internet content
| in his e-mail client (which he did not mention WHICH version he tested
| with) to see if he can then see his movie (and/or audio since that was
| what he asked about over in microsoft.public.outlook). He'll have to
| tell his recipients to disable those options in their e-mail client,
| if possible, but I doubt they will bother.
|
| He will also have to ask his recipients to switch from the Restricted
| Sites security zone for their e-mail client's HTML rendering since
| that security zone castrates the hell out of HTML-formatted e-mail to
| prevent all sorts of nasties. Switching security zones (yeah, like
| recipient's will bother to lose security for just this one sender)
| will do nothing for recipients that read all message in plain-text
| mode. How much you want to bet that he does not include a plain-text
| MIME part in his message along with his HTML MIME part so those that
| read in only plain-text mode can actually read his message rather
| than see a bunch of HTML gobbletygook?

 

[Guest]

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"

So, VG, tell us how you REALLY feel about HTML mail <gd&rvvf - wlatw>

I don't mind HTML formatted e-mail. I use it all the time but I do
realize that it wastes at least twice more the bandwidth to send it. It
is handy to have bolding, italics, colors, and other nice formatting
features. My complaint is with this OP and other rude senders that send
you a huge e-mail containing movies or audio files because these consume
lots of space in my mailbox and wastes my time to download the huge
e-mail. Just put the links to the big files in the e-mail and let the
user get a nice small e-mail. Let the recipient decide if they want to
spend the time to retrieve the big files. Stop wasting the bandwidth to
send the huge e-mail. Stop wasting the sending and receiving mail
servers' disk space. Stop wasting the recipient's time for the big
download and their disk space. Stop wasting time sending content that
is likely blocked, like externally linked Internet content. And, if you
do use HTML to format your e-mails, as I do, make sure a plain-text part
gets added so the recipient can read it should they not have an
HTML-capable e-mail client, configure it to read as plain-text, or don't
have any choice and can only get your e-mail as plain-text. Sending
HTML-formatted e-mails that do not have a plain-text part will trigger
many anti-spam products (i.e., marked them as spam or up their
spamminess threshold).

Yeah, it's nice having broadband Internet (cable or DSL) but most end
users are still stuck with dial-up access, so downloading these huge
e-mails takes a lot longer. E-mail is not designed nor should be abused
to be a replacement for FTP or any other file transfer mechanism.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Who are you replying to? You didn't quote the original message and by the
looks of it it has been archived for some time as well.
You might want to explain yourself a bit more in what you are trying to
accomplish and in which configuration.

I think the following link should get you on your way already;
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/addingsound.htm
(also see the workaround link posted there)

What do we get if you (we?) get a passing grade?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


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Hi.Will.
Will,so If i want to put video in my html script i need to write
<embed src="whatever link that goes here" width="How width do i need"
height="Height"
autoplay="true"
controller="true"></embed>
Is it write? And can you tell me what areautoplay and controller? How
do they work? I dont know much more about HTML. But i m learing HTML
Leg.
And i m making HTML Script. Its my project and i need to hand it in on
Monday. So please help me out. Ok.Bye thank you.Reply me.