how to insert html code into email message?

Can anyone tell me how do I insert a gif file, from the internet source, into my Outlook 2003 email message? I have copied the embed code and pasted directly to the mail body, but the image is not appearing but the code is. Can anyone please help? Thanks

Well, you can inject HTML code into the message body via the Insert as Text option. Just go to Insert-> (Attach) File-> select the created htm-file-> press the down arrow on the Insert button-> Insert as Text. Hope this helps.