Can I be the fly in the ointment here and say "don't!"? (That is, don't
do HTML email)
I have my email set to text-only as HTML email has caused me more
problems over the years than anything else. It's a standard vector for
malware and viruses, it downloads megs of unwanted crap to my system, it
never looks right in my email package (even when I view it as HTML)
because I don't use Outlook or OE - so many reasons not to allow it.
Sure, yours might be standards capable or non-threatening or benign, but
so many are not that I'm not prepared to take the risk. I know plenty of
mail admins who block HTML email precisely because of the potential for
damage.
Email is SMTP or POP3 - (X)HTML is web. The servers are different, the
protocols are different - everything is different.
I don't drive a Porsche in 4WD country - it's not suited to it. It's the
sane with (X)HTML and email - they're two different species and
web-based stuff is just not suited to email, despite the shenanigans you
can get up to to make it work.
Send a link to a web-based newsletter via email, or a text version of
the newsletter - it's more accessible and more likely to get through
business firewalls.
just my standards-based $0.02
Mark Harris
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