Web mail

[tigger]

Hi,

A client of mine wants to send out emails set out in the form of a web page, obviously using html, but I'm unsure of how to set it out for them or is there some software that will create it? I've heard somewhere about something called HotShots, but can't find anything about it?

Can anyone give me pointers on sending out html emails???

[DaveN]

Hi Tigger

Do you need to personalise the emails per email client ?

And is the html email static or dynamic (db driven)

If it’s just a static html not customised per client just create a standard web page in a folder if using images I found the best results if you leave them in the same folder.

The email transport I use is dynamic opt in emailer I will sticky you the URL.

DaveN

[tigger]

No it wouldn't be dynamic as they just want to send out blanket emails for marketing, so it will just be a static html page with maybe a couple of images.
Where do I keep the html page/images? Do I need to upload it somewhere or just on a local machine? Do I need to use another program other than their normal email program?

Sorry for sounding think but I can't get my head around this one!! ;)

Thanks for the sticky

[DaveN]

Sorry about the delay i have just back in.

Did you download the opt in?

to try and help you get your head around this.

Think about the email in two forms straight text or html

most people send email as straight text I use outlook and it can switch between text and html.

new message -> format -> text or html.

outlook as most mail clients will display either html or text.

so when you send a html message in outlook or opt in it will embed your CSS and any links to images.

you will need to upload the images on to web but when they collect thier email they should download them and cache them off.

if you want send the complete html and images you can mime encode the images into the html.