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Outgoing not working when signature has a gif image with hyperlink

Asked by: sandya_116

I have microsoft outlook 2000. If I have a hyperlink on a gif image in the signature, it says that email has been sent. But no one receives it. If I remove the gif image with the hyperlink, the email is received by everyone. I need the image with the hyperlink as it our company banner. Can someone let me know what I need to do to fix this problem. Thanks.

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2005-06-06 at 14:15:20ID21448719
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Outlook Groupware Software

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Answers

 

by: travalPosted on 2005-06-06 at 15:25:09ID: 14157733

If the message leaves the OUTBOX and appears in the SENT ITEMS folder then Outlook is receiving acknowledgement that the message has been successfully handed off.  If that is the case I would suspect AntiVirus software either on the client or the server.

Can you disable AV on your local machine and try sending yourself a test message to see if it goes thru?

What type of server is involved, Exchange or POP3?

 

by: shantelechyPosted on 2005-06-06 at 16:21:57ID: 14157973

I agree, but you don't have to disable your whole antivirus if that alarms you. Just the outgoing, and possible the incoming (for the receivers) email scanning.

 

by: sandya_116Posted on 2005-06-06 at 17:12:23ID: 14158286

The server is POP3. It is not one person that is not receiving the email. No one is receiving the email. There is no antivirus on the system.

 

by: travalPosted on 2005-06-07 at 08:19:26ID: 14162795

Does "no one is receiving the email" include you?  I mean that if you create a new email addresses to yourself which includes the .gif hyperlink signature and send it, do you receive it back?

(ps disabling AV was suggested as a troubleshooting step, not a permanent solution, just in case that wasn't clear, I don't see how sending an email to yourself can put you at virus risk)

 

by: sandya_116Posted on 2005-06-07 at 09:38:16ID: 14163652

I tried sending the email with text description and attachments to about 30 people and they are receiving it. But When I have the signature with image with hyperlink, no one is receiving it. By that I mean I tested the same 30 people email addresses and they are not receiving it. The email is my sent items and I am not getting any error messages.

 

by: travalPosted on 2005-06-07 at 10:31:25ID: 14164132

But when you send the email to yourself and include the gif hyperlink signature, do you receive the email back in your inbox after a moment, or do you not receive it?

 

by: sandya_116Posted on 2005-06-07 at 13:00:59ID: 14165439

If I send the email to myself with gif hyperlink signature, I am receiving it.

 

by: travalPosted on 2005-06-07 at 13:32:57ID: 14165730

OK, then you can rule out your machine, the message is definitely being delivered to your mail server, which is processing the message.

The problem could be happening at the internet connector, where your email server sends messages out to the Internet.  This is where I would be suspicious as this is affecting 100% of recipients.  

Unless all of the recipients are together on the same mail server it would be unlikely this is a receiving mail server problem.  

Have you spoken with your ISP or email admin to see if there is some sort of blocking occuring?

Are you sending messages in HTML or Rich Text?  HTML has much more luck in being successfully sent across the Internet.

 

by: travalPosted on 2005-06-07 at 13:34:19ID: 14165748

ps is it possible to test by sending the signature-gif-hyperlink email to just one of the 30 recipients to see if that is received?

 

by: sandya_116Posted on 2005-06-07 at 15:04:14ID: 14166411

All the 30 recipients I am talking about are on different mail servers. If I send email to them without the signature-gif-hyperlink they receive it. But If I have it they don't receive it.

 

by: travalPosted on 2005-06-07 at 15:07:34ID: 14166436

So it certainly appears that this blocking is occurring at your email server, which I assume is an ISP.  Again, you should speak to them.

We have already demonstrated that Outlook is sending the messages out correctly (since you got the message back) and the chance is very low that 30 different servers are doing the exact same thing, even if it wasn't something bad.  So your ISP or email server seems to be the only possible culprit.

 

by: SeanConnollyPosted on 2005-06-17 at 16:08:09ID: 14245904

It would also be interesting to send an email out with a link in the signature but not the gif and the gif but not the link.  This will tell you exactly what is being objected to.

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