How images work in HTML email
When you code HTML email, you should use "absolute URL paths" for
your images, so that they are downloaded from your web server when the email
is opened. Images are never "attached" with your email, and they can't
be "embedded" in the message. They're always hosted on a server, then
downloaded when the email is opened.
If your images aren't showing up in your HTML email, there are a few
possible problems:
- The images no longer exist at the path you specified.
- The image tags in your HTML code aren't using absolute paths to download
the image files on your web server
- Some email applications block images from loading, until the user clicks
on the "Show Images" button.
- If you are referring the images from a free image hosting site, these websites
usually block direct links to the images they host.
You can host images on Benchmark Email servers using the Image Gallery feature.
If you need more than 5MB of disk space for your images, you need to upgrade
to the premium image hosting option.
