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Can you send images in data:uri format to GMail?

I'm making a web app in Django that sends user an image to their email.

The way that seems most attractive to me for sending the image is in the data:uri format.

However, I tested sending this email with a data:uri image in it to my GMail account, and the email shows, but without the image!

I know that Chrome and Firefox can both open data:uri images. So it's not a browser problem. But I don't see the data:uri image in GMail at all.

Does GMail not support data:uri images? Or possibly I'm sending them wrong?

Solution

  • It's not supported.

    Mail clients simply remove this from your post.

    Here is a good reference of what can be supported:

    http://www.campaignmonitor.com/css/