Free email software better than Windows Email easy to send screen captures with few clicks?

I need a free email software that I can send screen captures with as easy as possible. I don't know why even Vista's Windows Email STILL isn't convenient and super simple to send (and receive) screen captures.. Isn't this the day of high tech and super easy transmissions? Why does one have to save the dang thing first or put it in word as file and then attach it? And if one DOES succeed in putting an image in the body of an email, then why can't the receiver SEE it? Instead all he gets if a bunch of * or something equally stupid.

Free email software better than Windows Email easy to send screen captures with few clicks?
OK, nobody can create a screen shot and then send it via email without first saving it via Paint or some other photo editing application, then either attaching the image file to the email or sending it in an "inline" or inserted image in the body of the email. Nobody. This is an impossible feat you are requesting of any email program, be it a Client email program or a browser based email program.





Whenever any type of file is created it first must be saved. If you are comparing this to Office, where you can click Sent To, and then select Email Recipient, the program first saves the file and then attaches the file to the email. It only *seems* like the document, excel sheet, or whatever type of file it is, is not being saved first as a file.





The act of sending a file straight from, lets say Word, is actually several actions carried out automatically behind the scene. In Word, (or whichever Office application you wish to choose as an example) when you click File--Send To--Mail Recipient, first Word saves the file, (sometimes you even are required to create a name in the Save As box if it has never been saved before), then opens a dialog box where you can choose the format you wish to send it in, such as compressed or not, whether you want to attach it or add it "inline", etc, and then Word opens your default email application with a new email opened and ready for you to address and add any text message you may wish to include.





The act of taking a screen capture with Windows built-in Print Screen utility doesn't have all the robust features of an Office application or similar full featured application. It doesn't perform any of these built-in functions. So, they each must be carried out manually, one at a time. You take the capture, transfer it to Paint or another image editing application, then use the Save As command to create a file, then open your default mail application, or the one of your choice, then use its tools to either attach it to the email, or insert it into the body of the message. You then address and add any text message you wish and click Send.





If you wish to compress or change the format or extension you carry out these tasks manually as well. If you wish to compress you can use either the Windows built-in compression utility or a third party utility such as WinZip. If you wish to change the file extension so a different type of image application can open it on the recipients computer you can do so prior to attaching or inserting into the email. If the recipient doesn't have Paint, you can alter the extension to one which matches an image application on the recipients computer or the recipient can do so after receiving the file.





Now, you could save your screen captures into an image editing application which has the Send To feature. I use a third party image editing application which allows me to do this, and also allows me to basically do what Word does, and actually offers more features related to sharing images than Word does in its "automatic" document sharing.





Corel has image editors which allow this feature and so does several others.





What I am saying is this is not the fault of your email program, but a limitation of the screen capture utility. I only use two screen capture utilities, the system built-in one, and a third party screen capture application. Neither offers this built in capability you want, but that doesn't mean you couldn't locate one which does. I just don't need these types of built in features as I have different needs and requirements in how I manage my screen shots.





I hope this helps explain the situation in such a way which helps you find a utility or application which fits your needs and requirements. Good luck and have a nice evening.
Reply:Email is a text medium, so you can't send a picture as email, only as a file attached to an email. Why can't you carry water in a strainer? Same idea - you can't use some tools for things they weren't meant to do.