Exporting photos from mail to iPhoto

If someone sends me a photo in an e-mail (not an attachment) how do I export the photo to my iPhoto library?

If someone sends me a photo in an e-mail (not an
attachment) how do I export the photo to my iPhoto
library?
There are several ways to do this:
(1) put your pointer on the picture, hold down the mouse and drag out of the Mail window onto your Desktop. This will create a new icon on your Desktop with a name like "image...jpg". Drag this to the icon of iPhoto which is in your Dock.
(2) believe it or not, ALL photos ARE attachments. Double-click on the e-mail message to open it in a separate window. Under the Headings (To: , Date:, Subject:, etc.) it will list how many attachments there are. To the right of this is a Save button. Click and hold this. The last item should be "Add to iPhoto". Click on this, and your photo(s) will be put in iPhot.
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