To have an effective advertising campaign, you must use HTML.

--- On Thu, 11/6/08, Paul McNett <p@ulmcnett.com> wrote:

> From: Paul McNett <p@ulmcnett.com>

> 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

>

>

>

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