You are right. HTML mail is not necessary to embed links. But definitively needed to have a nice look.
-Bruno 2010/5/8 BJ Freeman <[email protected]> > not sure about your email client but mine show the clickable links > without html. > like my signature > > ========================= > BJ Freeman > http://bjfreeman.elance.com > Strategic Power Office with Supplier Automation < > http://www.businessesnetwork.com/automation/viewforum.php?f=93> > Specialtymarket.com <http://www.specialtymarket.com/> > > Systems Integrator-- Glad to Assist > > Chat Y! messenger: bjfr33man > Linkedin > < > http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=1237480&locale=en_US&trk=tab_pro > > > > > Bruno Busco sent the following on 5/8/2010 6:40 AM: > > This is just the application I was looking for. > > I need to send to users HTML notification mails for events that happen on > > the server. > > I want to define a contact list for every event so that I can control who > is > > informed of what by including users in contact lists or not. > > Emails should be HTML because they must include HTML links so that the > user > > can click on the links and go directly to the related OFBiz page. > > > > -Bruno > > > > 2010/5/8 Ruth Hoffman <[email protected]> > > > >> Hi Bruno: > >> One more thing, my application lets the mailing list manager view the > HTML > >> email as it is being built. So, you can work up your template, view it > as > >> the client would see it using the OFBiz webapp I built and then, when > the > >> email manger is happy with the Freemarker template, apply it to the > mailing > >> list. > >> > >> The application supports an unlimited number of mailing lists, templates > >> per list, list owners (the list "manager") and of course, an unlimited > >> number of contact mechs per list. > >> > >> > >> Regards, > >> Ruth > >> ---------------------------------------------------- > >> Find me on the web at http://www.myofbiz.com or Google keyword > "myofbiz" > >> [email protected] > >> > >> Ruth Hoffman wrote: > >> > >>> Hi Bruno: > >>> I wrote an application that takes a Freemarker template, based on the > >>> mailing list id, merges it with dynamic data and sends it using the > basic > >>> sendMail service to all the contact mechs associated with the mailing > list > >>> id. > >>> > >>> I mostly used existing services. What needed to be done was put > together > >>> existing services in a way that made sense to an end-user managing lots > of > >>> mailing lists, mailing events and email templates. > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> Ruth > >>> ---------------------------------------------------- > >>> Find me on the web at http://www.myofbiz.com or Google keyword > "myofbiz" > >>> [email protected] > >>> > >>> > >>> Bruno Busco wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hi, > >>>> I would like to send a nicely shaped HTML newsletter to users > subscribed > >>>> in > >>>> a contact list. > >>>> How to do this? > >>>> Should I define a FTL file? A piece of content? And then how to make > the > >>>> content being sent to the list? > >>>> > >>>> Thank you very much for any pointer on something already in place OOTB > or > >>>> for any suggestion on how to implement this. > >>>> > >>>> -Bruno > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > > > > >
