If you create your HTML message in some other application, and insert it in the message by using Thunderbird’s Insert – HTML… dialog, then you can usually use that other application to add the moz-do-not-send attribute to each IMG tag. For example, the resulting tag might look like:
img src="http://static.mozillazine.org/common/images/blimp.png" moz-do-not-send="true"
Source: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Creating_complex_mails_with_inline_images
In an HTML-formatted message, you can send mail with a pointer to a picture rather than embedding the actual picture in the message. The advantage is that the message is much smaller. The disadvantage is that the picture is physically on another server; if the image is unavailable?now or in the future?your recipient will not see it. Some e-mail clients might also be configured to block remote images.
- In the Compose window, select “Insert -> Image”. The “Image Properties” dialog box will appear.
- Fill in the “Image Location” field with the URI of the picture. You can type it in if you know it, or you can paste it in. For example, in Firefox, right-click on the image and choose “Copy Image Location”. Then in Thunderbird right-click in the “Image Location” field to paste in the URI.
- Put some words in the “Alternate text:” field. If you do not, Thunderbird will refuse to send the message.
- Next, click on the “Advanced Edit” button. The “Advanced Property Editor” dialog will open.
- In the “Attribute:” field at the bottom, type moz-do-not-send.
- In the “Value:” field at the bottom, type true.
- Press the “OK” button to exit the “Advanced Property Editor” dialog and then press “OK” again to exit the “Image Properties” dialog.