How to Embed Video in Thunderbird
Thunderbird is a third party email client created by Mozilla. Some email programs limit you to sending video messages as a file attachment. The only way the email recipient can view the attachment is to download the video to his computer's hard drive. Because Thunderbird is HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) friendly you can embed videos into your email messages. Embedding a video eliminates the need for file downloads. All the email recipient has to do is click “Play” to watch the video.
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Instructions
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Upload your video to a video hosting server such as YouTube, Vimeo, DropShots or Photobucket.
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Click “Share” to reveal the HTML code for your uploaded video.
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Highlight the HTML code. To do this press and hold down the left mouse button as you simultaneously drag the cursor over the HTML code.
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Press “Ctrl” + “C” on your keyboard to copy the code.
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Open the Thunderbird program on your computer. Click “Write” to compose a new message.
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Enter the recipient's email address into the “To” field. Type a subject in the “Subject” field. If you want to include text with the video type the text into the “Body Text” field.
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Click “Insert” from the top navigation menu, then select “HTML.” Right-Click inside the HTML editor box. Select “Paste” to paste the video's HTML embed code.
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Click “Insert” to embed the video. Click “Send” to send the message.
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