dynamic email, possible?

Is it possible to have dhtml in an email

[kaybee]

Hi everyone, I am trying to send out a designed email page, which I have designed in Photoshop and built in Dreamweaver.

I wanted to put some dhtml in it, (the usual layers moving in and out stuff), it seems to work when i view the page in a browser, but when i send it out as a email page, the movement does not show or work at all, you can see the layer but it does not move.

I was told that javascript does not work in email boxes, is this true.

Is there any way I can have this working so that when someone looks in there email box they can see the page with the moving panels.

(dont want to use gifs, file size too big).

Thanks for any help.

[moonbiter]

MS Outlook (among others) blocks JavaScript and VBScript in HTML messages.

I, for one, amd glad.

[richlowe]

It's generally not a good idea to put DHTML or scripts in email. Sometimes it works, sometimes not, and Outlook 2002 by default blocks it entirely. Also this is often perceived as spam.

Richard Lowe

[Weblamer]

Mayby you can send an html email, where the html is actually a frames page. Then you could treat it like a normal webpage.

I never tried this, but the thought came to me.

[sparrow]

Javascript and VBscript very bad idea for email. This ups the anty on the ability to spread viruses.

IMHO, email was meant to be a means of communicating in a textal format, not necessarily a media for advertisements. But hey that's only my 2 cents worth

[richlowe]

the html is actually a frames page

I block all emails with any iframe.

Richard Lowe

[kaybee]

okay, okay,
I get the message, its not a good idea.

I think I'll stick to my html email, and for those you don't even like images, well I guess they'll just be missing out, I'll leave them to their boring documents.

Thanks guys for the advice