To have an effective advertising campaign, you must use HTML.
--- On Thu, 11/6/08, Paul McNett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Paul McNett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: HTML Formatted Emails not working in Outlook > To: profox@leafe.com > Date: Thursday, November 6, 2008, 1:27 PM > 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
