Send inline image in email

Question

Having an issue sending an image via email as an embedded image in the body. The image file shows as an attachment which is ok but the inline image portion just shows as a r

Answer 1

Try this

 string htmlBody = "
Picture

";
 AlternateView avHtml = AlternateView.CreateAlternateViewFromString
    (htmlBody, null, MediaTypeNames.Text.Html);

 LinkedResource inline = new LinkedResource("filename.jpg", MediaTypeNames.Image.Jpeg);
 inline.ContentId = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
 avHtml.LinkedResources.Add(inline);

 MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
 mail.AlternateViews.Add(avHtml);

 Attachment att = new Attachment(filePath);
 att.ContentDisposition.Inline = true;

 mail.From = from_email;
 mail.To.Add(data.email);
 mail.Subject = "Client: " + data.client_id + " Has Sent You A Screenshot";
 mail.Body = String.Format(
            "
Client: " + data.client_id + " Has Sent You A Screenshot
" +
            @"", att.ContentId);

 mail.IsBodyHtml = true;
 mail.Attachments.Add(att);