Gif image in senders line of mail

[John1397]

How does one place a gif image in the senders name of gmail I get mail where there is a gif image in the senders name and there is text also I tried to copy the gif image and paste but it will not let you?

[DaveLembke]

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Your stating that someone sent you an e-mail in which their e-mail address itself has an embedded gif?

This is not an attachment or just a hyperlink to an external gif resource in the body of the e-mail?

[patio]

He's likely talkin about a Sig line...

[Salmon Trout]

Is this a web bug, I wonder? Where the gif is on a server somewhere and when you open the email and the gif is downloaded the sender (e.g. a spammer or worse) can then examine their weblogs and see 1. that your email address is live 2. your IP address. People sometimes embed a link to a 1x1 pixel transparent gif in emails for tracking purposes. This is why many email apps block images.

[patio]

Nice catch Salmon...had not considered that.

[soybean]

For a reference on inserting a GIF image, see http://ccm.net/faq/28509-gmail-easily-add-picture-file-to-your-signature.  The explains how to insert a link to an image located somewhere on the Internet, such as photobucket.com. 

NOTE: The reference says "You can't directly upload a picture and use it as signature. Gmail only accepts the URL for the image file (the picture must be stored online)."  However, the reference is apparently not current in its description because this is not true.  Images can be uploaded from your hard drive. 

[John1397]

I want to apply the stars which are gif images on the sides of congratulations in the attached photo.

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[soybean]

In that case, I suggest you do some work with Paint to create the image you want and then you can put it into your gmail signature block.

Edit: Or, search the Internet for a star gif image.  You might still want to do some editing with Paint or some other photo/image editing program. 

[John1397]

I don't want it in signature I want it in senders name. These are sent to me from someone who my have there own email sending capabilities so it lets them do this that's what I think. Google only lets you put in text if you put an online link in it just displays the text part of the link. This must not be easy to do as I get very few emails this way.

[patio]

It would have to be created either on the senders end...or Googles.