What are they using to check their mail? Its possible their mail app can't read HTML.

I will have to check that out. I know there is something within Outlook that has to be checked to receive html. I have tried viewing the software companies source code on the emails I have received and forwarded to friends and I don't experience what is happening when I try the email marketing. Would you have any thoughts on where the original documents reside (currently they are on my harddrive) (should they be out on my web server)?
Thanks.

Here is my technique

1)create an html document
2)screen capture your document (edit it and save)
3)load image to host (ftp site)
4)reference source of image file within email (**dont forget hyperlink**)
Example code for source refrence:
<iframe width="120" height="324" src="http://www.yourdomain.com/images/image.jpg" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>

Thank you C6H1206

I don't have any issues getting the html file to send as email...the issue comes when anyone forward the original email on...the next recipient only get text and the image area is left blank without the standard box with an x in it.

Thats ok. I work with mass email and people respond to me with the same concerns.

Its not the code itself, its the settings on the end user. For security purposes people have source destinations, such as image files, blocked from being dowloaded to keep their computers safe from viruses. Its hard for people like us to send a clean set of code to an end user who has external content blocked on their third party software (such as Outlook). Theres not a whole lot you can do about that.

Two things they need to look at that they are set to receive html email and that they have their mail set to send html - note on this one if using outlook etc you can set contacts specifically to send in other formats individually so they need to check the person they're sending to is set to be sent to in html

I would send it as an attachment that way they can open it without any email problems. In out look to attach it all you have to do is go up and hit insert- file attachment- then you find the file on your pc and then hit attach. I think that would be the easiest way to do what your trying to do.

Not sure on that one. Typically I don't open attachments I'm not expecting. Particularly if they're forwards from somewhere else.

I was assuming that he is sending this to clients or people that are expecting the email then they most likely would open it plus with virus scanners in email programs it is a little safer. I always scan a file after I download it even if the site already scanned it you can never be to safe.

You can't control this. This setting belongs to the user who forwarded the email. It's a setting on his computer.