Steve Ellenoff wrote: > At 02:57 PM 11/06/2008, you wrote: >> HTML email never looks right, and I recommend not sending it! Send >> plain text! Email >> was ever only meant for plain text. If you have a snazzy page to show your >> recipients, *link* to it from the email. > > I get tons of HTML emails every day (many look fantastic, ie the ones > from reputable companies, not spammers) so I'm not sure why you might > think it never looks right? Given today's slew of html enabled mail > readers and ajax style online email apps, I can't see any reason why > html formatted emails shouldn't look 100% as they do on websites when > all the image blocking/html formatting options are turned on for > trusted senders.
I realize it's an uphill battle I'm fighting. Rich text/html formatting *never belonged* in email. I don't care how good people think it looks. >> It is probably a "remote image". IOW, you didn't embed the image >> into the email but >> you link to it with HTML. This is deemed insecure as sneaky >> marketers or spammers can >> tell if you received the email by simply checking their web server logs for a >> specific image download. > > This is used for an internal company email so nobody cares about the > linked html, although I would be happy to embed my images, but last > time I looked I recall not finding any easy tutorials on how to do > this, perhaps it's time to look again. Nah, don't embed them for an internal email. It'll just bloat the message. Paul _______________________________________________ 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/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** 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.
