true, the feed back I get is that they have their email client convert emails to txt, mostly for security reasons. so I have a selection for them to select how they want the email sent. so the original is done in HTML but it then converted to text.
========================= BJ Freeman http://bjfreeman.elance.com Strategic Power Office with Supplier Automation <http://www.businessesnetwork.com/automation/viewforum.php?f=93> Specialtymarket.com <http://www.specialtymarket.com/> Systems Integrator-- Glad to Assist Chat Y! messenger: bjfr33man Linkedin <http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=1237480&locale=en_US&trk=tab_pro> Bruno Busco sent the following on 5/8/2010 9:51 AM: > You are right. > HTML mail is not necessary to embed links. > But definitively needed to have a nice look. > > -Bruno > > > 2010/5/8 BJ Freeman <bjf...@free-man.net> > >> not sure about your email client but mine show the clickable links >> without html. >> like my signature >> >> ========================= >> BJ Freeman >> http://bjfreeman.elance.com >> Strategic Power Office with Supplier Automation < >> http://www.businessesnetwork.com/automation/viewforum.php?f=93> >> Specialtymarket.com <http://www.specialtymarket.com/> >> >> Systems Integrator-- Glad to Assist >> >> Chat Y! messenger: bjfr33man >> Linkedin >> < >> http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=1237480&locale=en_US&trk=tab_pro >> >> Bruno Busco sent the following on 5/8/2010 6:40 AM: >>> This is just the application I was looking for. >>> I need to send to users HTML notification mails for events that happen on >>> the server. >>> I want to define a contact list for every event so that I can control who >> is >>> informed of what by including users in contact lists or not. >>> Emails should be HTML because they must include HTML links so that the >> user >>> can click on the links and go directly to the related OFBiz page. >>> >>> -Bruno >>> >>> 2010/5/8 Ruth Hoffman <rhoff...@aesolves.com> >>> >>>> Hi Bruno: >>>> One more thing, my application lets the mailing list manager view the >> HTML >>>> email as it is being built. So, you can work up your template, view it >> as >>>> the client would see it using the OFBiz webapp I built and then, when >> the >>>> email manger is happy with the Freemarker template, apply it to the >> mailing >>>> list. >>>> >>>> The application supports an unlimited number of mailing lists, templates >>>> per list, list owners (the list "manager") and of course, an unlimited >>>> number of contact mechs per list. >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Ruth >>>> ---------------------------------------------------- >>>> Find me on the web at http://www.myofbiz.com or Google keyword >> "myofbiz" >>>> ruth.hoff...@myofbiz.com >>>> >>>> Ruth Hoffman wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Bruno: >>>>> I wrote an application that takes a Freemarker template, based on the >>>>> mailing list id, merges it with dynamic data and sends it using the >> basic >>>>> sendMail service to all the contact mechs associated with the mailing >> list >>>>> id. >>>>> >>>>> I mostly used existing services. What needed to be done was put >> together >>>>> existing services in a way that made sense to an end-user managing lots >> of >>>>> mailing lists, mailing events and email templates. >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Ruth >>>>> ---------------------------------------------------- >>>>> Find me on the web at http://www.myofbiz.com or Google keyword >> "myofbiz" >>>>> ruth.hoff...@myofbiz.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Bruno Busco wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> I would like to send a nicely shaped HTML newsletter to users >> subscribed >>>>>> in >>>>>> a contact list. >>>>>> How to do this? >>>>>> Should I define a FTL file? A piece of content? And then how to make >> the >>>>>> content being sent to the list? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thank you very much for any pointer on something already in place OOTB >> or >>>>>> for any suggestion on how to implement this. >>>>>> >>>>>> -Bruno >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >> >> >
