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kelemvor
03-28-2003, 08:01 PM
Well,

I know HTML and have some editors I could use as well so doing the coding isn't a problem. What I want to do is create a simple Newsletter that's HTML formatted that I can send out to members of my list.

I have a web server that I can host pcitures and things on but I don't know the most basic step of how do I email out HTML email so that when the user gets it they can view it as a web page.

And if a user doesn't have HTML formatted email for some reason, how do I put in a line that says click here to view the email online.

Can anyone help me with this?

Thanks.
HairyTeeth
03-28-2003, 08:12 PM
Have you got access to a mailserver or are you using space behind a mailbox for your website?
kelemvor
03-28-2003, 08:15 PM
I don't have my own mail server. I go online using RoadRUnner so I send using their pop server address. I was envisioning having the <img src=...> links including a full link to a graphic on my website which is hosted somewhere else if that's possible.
HairyTeeth
03-28-2003, 08:48 PM
It seems to me you have a few different threads here.

If you don't have access to a mailserver, then you should be able to format your newsletter in HTML on your own email client and send it to multiple recipients.

If you have a 'Newsletter subscription form' on your site, you could give them the option of receiving your newsletter in either HTML or plain text format.
If the subscriber wants plain text format, then you can just send them the link to the page. Whether it presents as a link on the subscribers email client is another matter. They can just copy and paste it into the browsers address bar if it doesn't arrive as a clickable link.

Without a mailserver (or if you can't run something like Aspmail), then you will have to use a "mailto:" link for the subscriber to communicate with you in the first instance (i.e subscribe).

Hope that helped. Cheers
kelemvor
03-28-2003, 08:51 PM
But maybe I'm not stating how basic my question is....

Do I just make a web page starting with <html> and ending with </html> and then just copy and paste the code into an email and mail it out?

That's what I'm not sure is how I format/code/create/whatever the HTML code so that when I email it to someone they see the page and not the code.

I have a database with all the emails in it which I would just paste into a big email group within the email cient itself.

Does that make sense?
Jason
03-28-2003, 09:25 PM
try it...put your HTML source in the body of the e-mail and you can be the recipient...if it works then you know...if it doesn't come here with more questions...And why not make the page on your server if you have one and then e-mail out the links?


Jason
kelemvor
03-28-2003, 10:29 PM
Copying and Pasting HTMl into an email doesn't work. I'm looking to find out how to create a basic email and what I need to type in to make the reading email program know to treat it as an HTml document and not as a text document.
Nightfire
03-28-2003, 11:32 PM
the body tags in most clever email clients are renamed to something the browser won't recognise, ie yahoo mail renames <body to <x body

So to send an html mail, just use <p align="center">Hello</p> (no <html><head> or <body> tags) and that should work from win 2k and upwards, using Outlook express.

But I think if you want to send html the proper way, you might have to use a server side language, or find an email client that will aloow you to change the headers
kelemvor
03-29-2003, 12:56 AM
I was able to find a way to do it in Outlook Express by entering the email in "source" mode. Kind of how FrotnPage works. Haven't found a way in Eudora yet but I guess as long as OE works I can use that when I ave to send HTML emails.