HTML help - Email Sending
 

Folks,

I'm trying to find a way of sending a newsletter out for my site. Now I've got it done in html but can anyone tell me how to email it out so that people can see it, click on links etc?

Thanks

Re: HTML help - Email Sending
 

Moses, the following link may be of us to you. This is how I do it (but it's a walk through diagram).

http://www.amenco.com/golivein24/HTMLemail/index.html

Se the section "Sending the email" about half way down. If you need clarification on things it states, shout. :)

Re: HTML help - Email Sending
 

HTML is a standard for web pages.

Text is a format for mail

Do not confuse the two.

Most of the people I know (people who have a clue about these things generally) either have HTML switched off in their mail client - which would make your newsletter unreadable - if visible at all, or even just dump it straight to a junk mail folder.

If you really cant settle for text with a link to a webpage then at least make sure that you put a plain-text section as a header that provides a link to a webpage with the same content as your newsletter.

Re: HTML help - Email Sending
 

I don't fit into that bracket. :)

Though I do have to hit a button to not only enable images, but also scripting on the email (same button applies both).

Re: HTML help - Email Sending
 

Turn it into a .pdf file and email it as an attachment to a text-format email :thumbsup:

That way is won't matter whether the recipient can get HTML emails or not, plus the .pdf file can retain all the formatting, links, etc and the recipient can print it if desired.

Re: HTML help - Email Sending
 

Thanks mate! Any ideas how to do it in Microsoft Outlook 2007? :D

Can't find anything for Stationary under File > ....

Re: HTML help - Email Sending
 

Email is also not a File Transfer Protocol (there is one and surprisingly its called FTP - spot the coincidence)

As said best plan is to mail out a link to a webpage.

Re: HTML help - Email Sending
 

Outlook 2007 is picky.

Click Start > Run then type (or copy/paste) the following:
Then hit OK. That's the directory you want to save your HTML newsletter.

Once that's done, when you're in the Mail tab of Outlook, click the arrow next to the "New" button (top left corner) then go to "New mail using Stationary" then "More Stationary."

Heypresto, your HTML newsletter is listed there. :)

SK, I take it you have something against attachments? FTP isn't always possible, as you well know. :p

Re: HTML help - Email Sending
 

cheers Baph! That worked......now if only Outlook didn't mess up the formating :(

Re: HTML help - Email Sending
 

Open the HTML document in MSWord, fix the formatting, and save as HTML again.

Then import into Outlook. Heypresto. :)