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hopeful wrote:
[Quoted Text] > Hi!
>
> Outlook Express has the feature of being able to automatically play music
> when an email is opened by the recipient, and I would like to use this
> function when I send an email, but I have been unable to get it to play
> the
> music. I was wondering if anyone knows how to get this feature to work.
>
> I am wanting to do this for sending email to someone who is very ill, so
> your help will be oh so very appreciated!
>
> This is what I did:
>
> Opened Outlook Express. Clicked on Create Mail. Typed an email message.
> Clicked on Format. Clicked on Background. Clicked on Sound. The Background
> Sound window appeared. In the Background Sound window, clicked on Browse.
> Navigated to the folder that contains the sound/music file I wanted to add
> to the email. Then double clicked on the sound/music file I wanted to add
> to the email. Then clicked on OK. Then clicked send email.
>
> As soon as I clicked on "send", I got this message: "One or more of the
> pictures in this message could not be found. When you send this message
> these pictures will not be included. Are you sure you want to send this
> message?" (Note - there's no pictures in the email, just text and the
> option of sending the background music.)
>
> The only way to send the message is to press "OK".
>
> However, it doesn't seem to work. The recipient doesn't hear any music
> playing when they open the email.
>
> I tried "attaching" the song as an attachment, but that doesn't help,
> either. (The music is an mp3 file.)
>
> Might someone know how to get this to work? (Even as far as not getting
> the
> message of "One or more of the pictures in this message could not be
> found.
> When you send this message these pictures will not be included. Are you
> sure
> you want to send this message?")
>
> (Remember that you can't literally test it from the same computer you sent
> it from, because the email can just reference the music in your personal
> file that you pulled it from, and make you think that it's really working.
> :) The email has to be opened by someone at a different computer.) [The
> other thing to remember is to turn your sound on before opening the email,
> if you normally have it turned off.]
>
> I have done a little trouble-shooting, and have made sure that the "Send
> Pictures with Message" is enabled on the menu bar, under Format, but that
> did not solve the problem. I can hear the song playing in the background
> as I compose the email, but as I mentioned, it does not play when it is
> received by the recipient. The size of the email, when it is received, is
> only 10kb, so it is obvious that the song is not being sent along with it.
>
> Is there anyone who has been able to get this feature to work? Or who
> might
> know a workaround? (I know you can edit the HTML by going to "View" on
> the
> menu bar and enabling "Source Edit", and then clicking on the "Source"
> tab.)
> (But this is too advanced for me!)
>
> I'm hoping, though, that there is an easy solution that I am overlooking,
> and that someone else has been able to get it to work. :)
>
> I just can't tell you what your help means to me!
>
> Thank you oh so much!
>
> -- Karen
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