Cannot Drag & Drop pic into email

I just purchased a Mac Pro 2.66 now running 10.5.8. I am a long time Mac user but this one has me stumped.
When I drag a pic from my desktop to an email (using any email client , Mac Mail, AOL mail or gmail) it inserts the path of the where the pic is (in this case the desktop) and not the pic like it used to do.
This is also true if I drag it from iPhoto etc.
What is happening here? Is there a setting somewhere that I have missed?
By the way this is happening on my wife's G3 now and she is running OS 10.4.11
Any help to resolve this would be appreciated.
Thanks

*"The share method does work but I wonder why drag & Drop does not.*
*Do you have any idea's on that?"*
I'm not certain and don't want to speculate. Seems to me this was possible in previous versions of Mac software like Mail.
One thing you can do is provide Feedback for Apple products here.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html
If you are accessing AOL mail at their website, you can attach images/documents the option for re-sizing isn't available. But... there is a Help Menu. After you Login it's on right side of the window.
Now, if you use AOL software, you might have the option for resizing.

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