On 07/21/2012 06:55 PM, Dan Covill wrote: > On 07/21/12 16:47, Jeff Johnson wrote: >> Viewing an email in Tbird as plain text, just strips the tags and looks >> fine, but I am concerned about sending an email to a client that can't >> view HTML even as text. I guess the bigger question is, does anybody >> have a plain text client and use that any more? I am working for small >> businesses that want to send out some emails to their clients. It seems >> that most everyone uses Outlook or some fashion of web mail... Yahoo, >> Gmail, etc. It also seems that almost any client can view HTML as plain >> text but if you sent HTML to a plain text client it would have all the tags. >> > I do/send everything in plain text, because everybody can read that > without worrying about settings. However, for a small business, I can > see the need for a bit more polished look, which HTML can give you. > > Couple of recommendations: > 1. Keep the HTML simple, don't do those rookie things like flash, > animation, Facebook-style crap. Just make it look nice for most folks. > 2. Most people will be able to display simple HTML just fine. If they > can't, it's probably because they've got it turned off in their E-mail > program. Not difficult to turn it back on if they want to do that. > Your client, as a business, can't MAKE their customers do anything they > don't want to. Do the best you can for a reasonable effort. > > Good luck. > > Dan Covill > San Diego > Dan: My HTML is very simple and it looks fine when viewing as text in Thunderbird. I will check the others. My concern was if someone is using a text only client. From what I am hearing there isn't many out there. This program is for small businesses sending emails to their clients. Most - if not all - will be viewing web mail, Mac or Windows using a client that came with their computer or they will install one that they feel is superior to the one that came with their computer. I have also noticed that several companies that send me email - Verizon for example - do not send a text alternative and their HTML looks fine when viewed as text.
In the final analysis I am going to "do it right" and get this multi part thing working. I already did it in Python but for this project I needed a sophisticated interface. The Python SMTP lib works very well and is easy to set up. Because of time and because it is part of a VFP application I made the decision to do it in VFP. Next time... Jeff --------------- Jeff Johnson j...@san-dc.com (623) 582-0323 www.san-dc.com _______________________________________________ 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/500c0abb.9080...@san-dc.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.
