HTML E-Mail App for OS X

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HTML E-Mail App for OS X

Need app for creating Complex HTML E-mails on OS X

aaronjf

12:41 am on Feb 19, 2003 (gmt 0)

Does anyone know of an e-mail client for OS X that can create HTML messages?

bodine

3:10 am on Feb 19, 2003 (gmt 0)

Entourage. Outlook Express (in classic). Probably Netscape (don't use it). Eudora.

aaronjf

4:48 pm on Feb 19, 2003 (gmt 0)

I will have to take a look at Eudora and Netscape, but I use Entourage and it specifically states that it cannot create complexe HTML e-mails.

jimbo_mac

4:59 pm on Feb 19, 2003 (gmt 0)

aaronjf,

download an applescript that works via entourage and does the html bit automatically. Works on X.

type in Complex HTML in Google - should get you there

bodine

5:08 pm on Feb 19, 2003 (gmt 0)

Ahh, I see. You need something that does complex HTML, not just plain ol' HTML.

I don't think Eudora will do complex HTML either. Maybe Netscape will. It looks like you can add a web-page to a text message. And, the Help says you can do JavaScript stuff. (As I said, I don't use Netscape, so I am just going by what the Help says.) Maybe others can help you more...

BjarneDM

11:29 pm on Feb 19, 2003 (gmt 0)

Mozilla/Netscape will happily do *very* complex and standards-compliant HTML for you.

At present, go for Mozilla 1.2.1 and then upgrade to 1.3final when it arrives. 1.3 introduces bayesian junk-mail filtering just like Apples Mail.app, but at present 1.3 has some *serious* bugs in bookmark handling

I just *LOVE* my Mozilla *s* :-)

Mozilla : [mozillazine.org...]

DiAMOndDavE

1:59 am on Feb 20, 2003 (gmt 0)

Hello aaronjf,

I asked a similar question to this list a few months ago and the answer is you can't do complex HTML email on Entourage or Outlook for a MAC (yet) - unless you know AppleScript. You can do it on Outlook/Outlook Express on a PC using add stationary so go figure. Eudora - forget it. Eudora doesn't recognise or send HTML in emails apart from coloured text. Check out Mozilla as a previous poster said - that one sounds interesting.

Best bet is look at Vertical Response or Constant Contact or someone like that, IMO.

Regards
DiAMOndDavE

DiAMOndDavE

4:12 am on Feb 20, 2003 (gmt 0)

...or go with jimbo_mac's AppleScript idea (as long as you are on OSX)

aaronjf

12:38 am on Feb 27, 2003 (gmt 0)

Found it; incase anyone is interrested I re-googled the topic and found an applescript that allows Entourage to send Complex html e-mails... [macupdate.com...]

jamesa

9:47 am on Mar 8, 2003 (gmt 0)

Probably Netscape (don't use it).

Why not? Netscape (version 6+) lets you paste in your source code and it seemed to work fine when I tried it some time ago.

bodine

3:33 pm on Mar 8, 2003 (gmt 0)

Sorry. When I stated "don't use it," it was not a direction, but me saying I do not use Netscape mail. Up until recently I did use the web browser part. I now use Camino. (I always think of the el camino, the half car/half truck when I think Camino. I'm not sure I like that.)

aaronjf, just curious, did you try any of the 'zilla browsers? [When I posted my first response, I did not see the word "Complex" in the heading, and it was not in the body of the question, so I did not realize that is what you wanted. Sorry.]