Forum Moderators: travelin cat
Does anyone know why I can't seem to add stationery to an HTML email message using either Outlook Express or Entourage on a MAC?
I know how to do this no problem on a PC but the function does not appear to be built into the MAC versions of Outlook Express or Entourage. Am I right here? Has anyone had the same experience?
Peace :)
DiAMOndDavE
I can send HTML emails using OE on a MAC
I am happy to be corrected - I suggested in an earlier thread that a poster use OE for the Mac to send HTML mail because I always thought (in my Mac days) that the Mac version of OE was far more advanced than OE for the PC. The response was that there was no HTML option in OE/Mac. Glad to hear that is wrong.
As for stationery, it has been too long since my Motorola Mac clone (gee, who here is old enough to remember Mac clones ;))went into storage for me to recall those kinds of specifics :) hopefully, someone with a little more current Mac knowledge (Mivox? Macguru?) will chime in.
I guess this falls into the category of that some people can do it, and some can't. But, that is what I get paid for-- doing things that others cannot do...
Oh, and Mardi_Gras, the clones have not been that long ago...I remember the clones as if it were yesterday...
I guess your 'response' falls into the category of that some people have an ego the size of a planet and some don't.
Merry Christmas
I guess some have an ego the size of a planet, but I ain't one of them. I know there are some things I cannot do, but getting HTML out of OE is one thing I can do.
Happy New Year!
<added>What I meant by "some can/some can't" is that it may require more expertise (e.g., AppleScript) than what can be covered here. And, because it is done one way on a PC does not mean you can do it the same way on a Mac. We Mac people can do it, but the way of doing it is different. If you want to go into detail as to what you want to do, maybe we all can help you accomplish what you want to do. First, for the people who have never used a PC, describe what "stationary" is...</added>
[edited by: bodine at 5:49 pm (utc) on Dec. 17, 2002]
No-one has sent me "detailed instructions" on how to do this so that is why I re-asked the question. I thought there was a catch for MACs and your latest reply confirms that by mentioning you have to use AppleScript.
That was all I really needed to know - just to stop me bashing my head against a brick wall. I'm not asking one of the great coding masters of the univers (such as yourself) to give away their hard-earned secrets.
You are right, I don't know AppleScript - but I know someone who does. So thank you at least for pointing me in the right direction.
eboda answered your question in detail in this topic:
[webmasterworld.com...]
Maybe the AppleScripter you know is at least half the "great coding master" I am, so s/he can get something working for you.
Good Luck!
No - eboda was showing me how to add a 'signature' to an Entourage email message which was not what I was after. If you read the old post you will see that eboda's (and your) helpful suggestions did not work on my iMac. My question again is how to add 'stationary' as you can with a PC version of Outlook Express. There is a trick and you have hinted that the answer is AppleScript and I now reckon you are most likely right.
It's really not that important so I'm not going to waste any more time for all the good folk on this list. I will try my AppleScript friend next.
Party on!
I did a bit of research and it seems that eboda is absolutely right. Stationery templates are not available on the Mac version. eboda was offering the only alternative I could find on USENET.
[edited by: Macguru at 2:27 pm (utc) on Dec. 18, 2002]
If you have MS Office, you may be able to design a template that will do what you need.
While I am unfamiliar with Entourage, to my knowledge there is no way to import an HTML template into Outlook Express for Mac.
Can anyone describe what this "stationary" thing does, exactly?
Spelling police note: stationary is unmoving, stationery is writing paper. :)
<added>Waht does "r/t" mean?</added>
Waht does "r/t" mean?
"Real Time" the world that exists beyond the monitor and keyboard. ;)
OK. The "r/t" is this ficticious world that all of these news people talk about....we computer people are living in the "real" world! ;)
oh yes, you can.:)
there is an applescript available called Send Complex Html.
Get your html page, make sure your images are pointing to an absolute pathname on your server and not your HD, run the applescript.
there are two drawback though:
1. you can only send to one contact/person at a time.
2. once you have run the applescript you cannot open the file in outlook to view the source - you just send it.
I sent a html file to myself as a test, worked a charm.
