I have to agree. Given the choice, I will send plain text emails. Sometimes tho, the person signing the checks wants it done differently and we have little choice but to accommodate.
Michael Oke, II 661-349-6221 oke...@gmail.com On Aug 22, 2011 12:04 PM, "MB Software Solutions, LLC" < mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com> wrote: > On 8/22/2011 2:56 PM, Paul McNett wrote: >> On 8/22/11 11:33 AM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: >>> What's the success rate of having your HTML email show consistently and >>> correctly in various popular email clients? >> >> I refused to do HTML emails. Email is the wrong medium for anything but plain text. >> What I did instead was one of 2 things: >> >> 1) link to the page on the web >> 2) attach a .pdf or .html with the formatted document (to open in user's pdf reader >> or web browser) > > Oh I would definitely prefer that way too, but sometimes the decision > maker wants the pretty HTML email. Most businesses seem to be in that > camp too, and to hell with our ideological stances. <g> > > > -- > Mike Babcock, MCP > MB Software Solutions, LLC > President, Chief Software Architect > http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com > http://fabmate.com > http://twitter.com/mbabcock16 > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CACBEV=vhhwum4uf7aqumon7q9cegbw+v08utdh0p3gyz1xo...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.