Why is HTML email *bad* (Was: Re: Bank scam!!!!)

2003-07-23 Thread Onno Benschop
On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 01:51, Denise Williams wrote: why is it best to not use HTML email?? I don't quite understand what happens when I click to have HTML on or off. TIA There is nothing inherently bad about HTML email per se, but the problem is that once you start with it, all manner of other

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2001-10-17 Thread Greg Hosking
Hi folks My boss wants to send html email (boo! hiss!) - I am using Entourage but Entourage Help states that ³Although you cannot create complex-HTML messages in Microsoft Entourage, you can receive them.² Great. any suggestions for an app that could do this? Nothing too flash, just some images

Re: html email

2001-10-17 Thread Onno Benschop
At 10:56 17/10/01 +0800, Greg Hosking wrote: My boss wants to send html email (boo! hiss!) - I am using Entourage but Entourage Help states that ³Although you cannot create complex-HTML messages in Microsoft Entourage, you can receive them.² Great. Just because you can jump of the bridge

Re: html email preaching to the converted

2001-10-17 Thread Greg Hosking
+0800, Greg Hosking wrote: My boss wants to send html email (boo! hiss!) - I am using Entourage but Entourage Help states that ³Although you cannot create complex-HTML messages in Microsoft Entourage, you can receive them.² Great. Just because you can jump of the bridge doesn't mean you should

Re: html email preaching to the converted

2001-10-17 Thread Brett Bygrave
I gotta say this...Greg has asked for suggestions, and everyone has told him not to pursue it, I was the one who asked the last question on this topic, and I got the same, people telling me not to use html email messages. I didn¹t ask whether I should use html in email messages, I asked

Re: html email preaching to the converted

2001-10-17 Thread Andrew Nielsen
Ironically I just asked a similar question over on the MacGeeks mailing list. From what I've already been able to determine, neither Outlook Express 5.02 for Macintosh nor Entourage allows creation of emails containing graphics although they do allow creation of HTML-formatted text messages.

Re: html email preaching to the converted

2001-10-17 Thread Onno Benschop
At 11:34 17/10/01 +0800, Brett Bygrave wrote: I didn¹t ask whether I should use html in email messages, I asked for suggestions for creating html email messages. And I know it¹s not a wise way to do things, but I too have bosses who want that, and I¹m payed to give them what they want

Re: html email preaching to the converted

2001-10-17 Thread Troy May
about creating html email messages, but you answered with your opinion of html messages. The questions was not What are your opinions of html email messages? I haven't met a Mac owner yet who hasn't got a strong set of opinions. As a possible solution you could try hacking on one of these html

Re: html email preaching to the converted

2001-10-17 Thread Andrew Nielsen
And yet Onno, you use PCs, and have been known to use Windows sometimes. :-) -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677 Consultants in Unix, Mac OS, Windows networking technologies

Re: html email preaching to the converted

2001-10-17 Thread Andrew Nielsen
At 16:13 +1000 17/10/2001, Troy May wrote: As a possible solution you could try hacking on one of these html email templates for Outlook... http://www.newsletterpromote.com/emailtemp/free.htm Which I think apply only to Windows Outlook Express. Am I correct? -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL

Re: html email preaching to the converted

2001-10-17 Thread Onno Benschop
At 14:36 17/10/01 +0800, Andrew Nielsen wrote: And yet Onno, you use PCs, and have been known to use Windows sometimes. :-) Huh? I was following you all the way, but I didn't get this one... PS, anyone know how to change the colour of an SMS message? -- ()/)/)()..ASCII for Onno.. |?

Re: html email preaching to the converted

2001-10-17 Thread Greg Hosking
At 14:36 17/10/01 +0800, Andrew Nielsen wrote: And yet Onno, you use PCs, and have been known to use Windows sometimes. :-) Huh? I was following you all the way, but I didn't get this one... PS, anyone know how to change the colour of an SMS message? yeah, and what about adding a logo

Re: html email preaching to the converted

2001-10-17 Thread Troy May
on one of these html email templates for Outlook... http://www.newsletterpromote.com/emailtemp/free.htm Which I think apply only to Windows Outlook Express. Am I correct? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: html email preaching to the converted

2001-10-17 Thread Andrew Nielsen
At 14:56 +0800 17/10/2001, Onno Benschop wrote: At 14:36 17/10/01 +0800, Andrew Nielsen wrote: And yet Onno, you use PCs, and have been known to use Windows sometimes. :-) Huh? I was following you all the way, but I didn't get this one... You said earlier: If you know something is unwise

Re: html email ( preaching to the converted)

2001-10-17 Thread Daniel
Hi all if you are looking for a program that sends out email as html you could try looking at Max's Bulk Emailer, or similar software. A search for bulk on VersionTracker (http://www.versiontracker.com) gives:-