While I'm no fan of HTML E-Mail and the likes, it means you can basically use any PNG, JPEG or GIF (animated, too). You could probably set up a page in iWeb, preview it in Safari and from there "e-mail content of this page" (cmd-i). Hm. There might be an easier way...
fryke,
Thanks for the suggestion and it sounds like a lot of work.
I use the mail program as e-mail, but am wondering how to get the icon to be animated when put in the e-mail. It's animated on photobucket when I post i there. Can I just use the URL or IMG tag in my e-mail like I would do so here?
S.
Update:
I got this answer from Daktari for this site of icons
HERE:
Right click on the folder, click on get info. On the window that comes up, click on the icon on the top left corner, note the icon gets a blueish border when clicked on. Then press Command + C to copy the icon image. Open up Preview.app and hit command + N ( this creates a new file from the clipboard). Then click on "Save As". Drag and drop the saved image file on your email.
Or, you could use
this application. Select "Bg Icon", select the icon folder you want then click file and click on "Write to Tiff".
You might get better results if you re-save the tiff file as a PNG file in Preview.app
As an aside, if you want to change any of the folder or application icons on your computer, all you have to do is copy the icon image as above get info on the folder you want to change, click on the icon , then
paste.
Try it out and see if this works for you.
Cheers.[/QUOTE]
For this site:
Apimac - Smiles and Emoticons
This method works but they are static not animated:
All you have to do is save the gif file and then drag and drop it in mail. Also you can just go on the site and right click copy and then when you open e-mail click paste.
Test by sending yourself an email.
S.