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### 9.5 Inserting Your Picture

You can insert your picture in the header of your mail message so that recipients see your face in the ‘`From:`’ header field if their mail user agent is sophisticated enough. In MH-E, this is done by placing your image in the file named by the option `mh-x-face-file` which is `~/.face` by default.

If the file starts with either of the strings ‘`X-Face:`’, ‘`Face:`’ or ‘`X-Image-URL:`’ then the contents are added to the message header verbatim. Otherwise it is assumed that the file contains the value of the ‘`X-Face:`’ header field.

The ‘`X-Face:`’ header field, which is a low-resolution, black and white image, can be generated using the `compface` command. The Online X-Face Converter is a useful resource for quick conversion of images into ‘`X-Face:`’ header fields.

Use the `make-face` script to convert a JPEG image to the higher resolution, color, ‘`Face:`’ header field.

The URL of any image can be used for the ‘`X-Image-URL:`’ field and no processing of the image is required.

To prevent the setting of any of these header fields, either set `mh-x-face-file` to `nil`, or simply ensure that the file defined by this option doesn’t exist.

See Viewing, to see how these header fields are displayed in MH-E.