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Imbedded Audio?

by Damn_machine Aug 7, 2006 3:19PM PDT

I sometimes get emails with "imbedded" music. With my Outlook Express program I can attach an audio file, but when the message is opened - The music will not play unless I then open the attachment. How do I "imbed" the audio file, so that it plays when the email message is opened?

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In Outlook Express, select New Message,

by MarkFlax Forum moderator Aug 7, 2006 11:22PM PDT

then whilst in the main text area, goto the menu option Format > Background > Sound, then select the sound you want, then add the attributes of the sound

Not my business of course, but whenever I received emails with embedded sound I have deleted them at once. Probably a hang up from the old dial-up days where downloading such an email took ages, and held up any other emails I was waiting for.

Also, I found them intensely annoying,

Mark