Send inline image in email

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Embedded Image in Email

private void sendInlineImg() {
    MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
    mail.IsBodyHtml = true;
    mail.AlternateViews.Add(getEmbeddeImage());
    mail.From = new MailAddress("yourAddress@yourDomain");
    mail.To.Add("recipient@hisDomain");
    mail.Subject = "yourSubject";
    //YourSMTPClient.Send(mail); //* Set your SMTPClient before!
}
private AlternateView getEmbeddeImage() {
    string yourFile = "c:/header.png";
    LinkedResource inline = new LinkedResource(yourFile);
    inline.ContentId = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
    string htmlBody = @"<img src='cid:" + inline.ContentId + @"'/>";
    AlternateView alternateView = AlternateView.CreateAlternateViewFromString(htmlBody, null, MediaTypeNames.Text.Html);
    alternateView.LinkedResources.Add(inline);
    return alternateView;
}

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        string Themessage = @"<html>
                          <body>
                            <table width=""100%"">
                            <tr>
                                <td style=""font-style:arial; color:maroon; font-weight:bold"">
                               Hi! <br>
                                <img src=cid:myImageID>
                                </td>
                            </tr>
                            </table>
                            </body>
                            </html>";
        sendHtmlEmail("from@gmail.com", "tomailaccount", Themessage, "Scoutfoto", "Test HTML Email", "smtp.gmail.com", 25);
    }

    protected void sendHtmlEmail(string from_Email, string to_Email, string body, string           from_Name, string Subject, string SMTP_IP, Int32 SMTP_Server_Port)
    {
        //create an instance of new mail message
        MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();

        //set the HTML format to true
        mail.IsBodyHtml = true;

        //create Alrternative HTML view
        AlternateView htmlView = AlternateView.CreateAlternateViewFromString(body, null, "text/html");

        //Add Image
        LinkedResource theEmailImage = new LinkedResource("E:\\IMG_3332.jpg");
        theEmailImage.ContentId = "myImageID";

        //Add the Image to the Alternate view
        htmlView.LinkedResources.Add(theEmailImage);

        //Add view to the Email Message
        mail.AlternateViews.Add(htmlView);

        //set the "from email" address and specify a friendly 'from' name
        mail.From = new MailAddress(from_Email, from_Name);

        //set the "to" email address
        mail.To.Add(to_Email);

        //set the Email subject
        mail.Subject = Subject;

        //set the SMTP info
        System.Net.NetworkCredential cred = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("fromEmail@gmail.com", "fromEmail password");
        SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient("smtp.gmail.com", 587);
        smtp.EnableSsl = true;
        smtp.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
        smtp.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
        smtp.Credentials = cred;
        //send the email
        smtp.Send(mail);
    }

  AlternateView alternateView = AlternateView.CreateAlternateViewFromString("<h3>Client: " + data.client_id + " Has Sent You A Screenshot</h3>" +
                @"<img src=""cid:{0}"" />", null, "text/html");
  alternateView.LinkedResources.Add(inline);
  mail.AlternateViews.Add(alternateView);
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