Thanks for your thoughts, Michael. Our target is small and home-based businesses, but looks like we will still have to deal with some who block html.
On your second point, are you saying that if an attachment opens up in the body of the email, it was actually embedded and not attached in the usual sense? Would these be blocked as html? steve > From: "edc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 08:07:36 +1200 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [wdvltalk] Re: html email > > 1.Many businesses, especially large corporates operate proxy servers and > firewalls, which amongst other things specifically block all attachments and > html email.[ Try sending an html email to your bank for example. ] > > So you need to have a clear idea of the make up of the business mailing list > and the likelihood of firewalls being operated by the intended recipients. > > Apart from the extra bandwidth cost saving [ which is also why they use > proxy servers - to cache frequently requested pages ] html emails are > blocked because of the possibility of malicious or malformed code. > > 2.Html emails can have images and text embedded, just as pdf or word > documents can...if when you resend the email the image is sent as an > attachment your default setting is probably just the wrong option.. > > 3.A tip for you: see 1 above, be aware that if your target businesses are > operating proxy servers and caching this has implications for your site > design and what you set your refresh or expiry date at for your pages. > > To create the best impression and "speed" you may want to set http equiv or > your own server http settings to something like - refresh if modified > > Michael Ensor > www.WellingtonLive.co.nz ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
