HTML Signatures

[John]

We are creating signatures for all employees and using a
template it has to be html, can't use a simple GIF. Is
there a way to embed the graphic into the html file or
into the e-mail itself so whenever it is sent it isn't
being sent as an attachment?

 

[Scott Straley]

John,

You can use a little bit of CGI as part of the employee's signature.
This CGI can retrieve the HTML from a Web server. For instance, you
could have a signature like:

<a href="http://www.kanoodle.com/"><img
src="http://path-to-some-cgi?sender=johns" border="0"></a>

Then your CGI can use ImageMagick or some other tools to embed the
image. However, some email programs will not like CGIs as part of the
path. In that case, you can use url rewriting to make the like like
this:

<a href="http://www.kanoodle.com/"><img
src="http://path-to-some-cgi/johns" border="0"></a>

And have it rewritten on the server side.

~ Scott Straley
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