Getting a stream from an image generic handler

Hi

I have a generic handler which pulls an image from the database. ( ImageResize.ashx?id=46 ) It outputs an image.
I am trying to embed some images into an email.  This is the code
 
1 MailMessage _mail = new MailMessage();
2
3 _mail.From = new MailAddress("bob@yahooo.com", " Bob");
4 _mail.To.Add("reciever@mail.net");
5
6 _mail.Subject = "My subject title here";
7
8 String _plainBody = "This email can only be viewed by clients with HTML viewer support";
9 ...