Emailing photo attachments from my iPhone 11

Lotus9999 wrote:

There's a similar thread also, which has double the number of pages of this one:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251807601

There only seems to be 2 solutions to it:

ONE: I've done some testing now Sending pictures using Outlook app, and here are my findings:

1 - If you start in the Outlook app and attach pictures, they will still show up EMBEDDED. …

Actually, just as with Apple Mail, I expect that they are just as much attachments! (I wouldn’t be inclined to think otherwise, unless such was demonstrated to be otherwise upon inspecting the Raw email text.)

However, this does seem to demonstrate that Outlook, as well, is able to format emails as rich-text (text/html, actually). (When I worked within the corporate/governmental sectors, I would only send emails as plain-text if the other party had requested such, or I was replying to a plain-text email.)

I suspect, however, that if you sent this email to an email address where you use Outlook to read the email, that Outlook would allow you to perform bulk attachment operations (such as bulk-saves).

If not, I would actually be surprised! However, in that case y’all could use that as the best leverage to have Microsoft (at least partially) fix Outlook, and its derivatives.

… 2 - However, if you start in Photos (as others I believe have indicated), then choose the method to share as the Outlook app, they DO in fact show up as attachments! And there's no need to attach a 1 second video...

Yes. This should surprise no one.

Of course, as always, the real test is not in the appearances, but in the functionality: does Outlook (or another email client) allow you to perform bulk attachment operations (such as bulk-saves)?

… The only downside is that unlike when sending pictures by Mail, where you get the option to choose the size of the photo (S/M/L/Original), there are no options and they are sent as full-size by default.

Meh …

… Based on this solution, perhaps any other third-party app on the iPhone can be used with similar results, and not just the Outlook app. …

Make sure y’all don’t get caught up in the appearance, but pay attention to the functionality: does Outlook (or another email client) allow you to perform bulk attachment operations (such as bulk-saves), regardless of appearance?

… TWO: The other one allows you to still use the default Mail app, and by attaching a different file (such as a 1 second video), it forces it to send all of the pictures as attachments also.

As always, «the pictures» are sent «as attachments», always.

The only potential differences are:

1. In the appearance of the email, and
2. Whether Outlook (or one of its derivatives) will allow you to perform bulk attachment operations (such as bulk-saves), regardless of appearance.