Ok, I see what you are saying, but where do the <html></html> tags go,
inside the CFEMAIL or outside. I have a number of emails that get produced
within one file.
Thanks,
cami
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jennifer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 4:54 PM
Subject: Re: Email links lost
> At 04:24 PM 1/3/01 -0600, you wrote:
> >Actually it is just a composed email within the CF file in a CFEMAIL with
> >type=HTML.
>
> Right, but apparently it needs <html></html> tags and <body></body> tags
> between the CFMail tags. If the content isn't in <HTML></HTML> tags, the
> email client won't necessarily recognize it as an HTML document and
> therefore won't interpret it as such. That could cause your problem. If
the
> non-working Outlook clients have different settings that could cause a
> problem then too.
>
> I've made HTML messages with CFMail and had them work in Netscape. I know
> it can be done. It seems that your message is being interpreted by the
> client as plain text, which it will do automatically if it doesn't know
> better. If the code is indented (as one would expect of HTML or other
code)
> this indentation will show up in a plain text email.
>
> > Like I said, it works great most of the time, but there are
> >those times that it just looks ugly. I have since stripped the HTML tags
> >out and most the email software interprets the http://www.something.com
as a
> >link without the tags. For pretty purposes I may leave it like that and
> >those who don't get the link will have to cut and paste until I figure
out
> >how to make everyone happy.
> >
> >cami
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Jennifer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 4:23 PM
> >Subject: Re: Email links lost
> >
> >
> > > Is the message itself a full HTML document? I just checked some HTML
email
> > > that works in both Netscape and Eudora and it contains full HTML
headers,
> > > body tags and all that stuff. The viewable content is all inside a
table
> > > and it could be that the table is indented, but I can't tell since
> > > everything would be indented.
> > >
> > > At 02:38 PM 1/3/01 -0600, you wrote:
> > > >All the tag information appears to be correct. Myself and some
others
> >are
> > > >using MS Outlook Express 5 and the links appear ok, others are using
the
> > > >same thing and they see the html code. Still yet others using
prodigy
> >and
> > > >netscape get the words indented and the html tags visible. I have
tried
> > > >leaving the HTML type and removing the href and just putting
> > > >http://www.something.com and it works on some and won't on others.
Right
> > > >now I'm working on the majority rule but some higher ups want their
cake
> >and
> > > >eat it too.
> > > >
> > > >cami
> > > >----- Original Message -----
> > > >From: "Jennifer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 2:37 PM
> > > >Subject: Re: Email links lost
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > At 02:04 PM 1/3/01 -0600, you wrote:
> > > > > >I am sending out emails for different things and all have web
links
> >in
> > > > > >them. I was just wondering if anyone has had problems with
emails
> >sent
> > > > > >from CF not properly identifying web address links when received
by
> >the
> > > > > >recipient. Is there something to handle the different types of
email
> > > > > >readers or is it just take a shot at the most used and pray for
the
> >best
> > > > > >with the rest.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >I'm using type=HTML and some of the emails show all the html
tags,
> >some
> > > > > >have the text but the url is not a link, while others are just
fine.
> > > > >
> > > > > I hope this doesn't sound patronizing, but you did put the link in
> >proper
> > > > > HTML link tags, right? Some HTML-enabled email clients (like
Eudora)
> > > > > recognize URLs and treat them as links, even if they don't have
link
> >tags.
> > > > > If you do have the links between <a href ...></a> tags send us
some
> > > > > information about how different email clients handle the issue.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
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