microsoft outlook - How do make my e-mail display an image from the web?

I often use inline images in my e-mails, but this often results in very large e-mail sizes that can quickly fill up hard drive space for my recipients.

If I host the image online, I can link to it without including the image data in the e-mail, but then recipients have to click on the link to see the image.

Is there a way to embed an inline image such that the image data is fetched from the internet when my recipient opens the e-mail?

Answer

You can use HTML in your emails and embed an image with the tag. From Outlook, navigate to Tools -> Options. In the "Mail format" tab, Make sure "Compose this message in:" is set to HTML.

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