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mathias · 13-07-2006, 10:03

I love the impression good clean HTML emails give; they make quite an impact. I just don't know how they're done. I would love to make my own, I have my own domain to host the images/HTML.

Searching around, I see that various online companies are charging people to get started with creating their very own HTML email programs. How can it be more than a simple HTML document viewed in your email? I'm not stupid enough to pay someone else for that, yet I can't seem to figure out how to send an HTML email, myself. Can anyone give me some pointers?

oli · 13-07-2006, 10:08

www.campaignmonitor.com - best way

If you're just sending out a few, upload the page - make sure you link the images in full - www.domain.com/image.gif etc , open ie , click send > page by email.

pgo · 13-07-2006, 10:22

CM also has a great blog and articles on the subject of good HTML email practice. Cheap too.

However, if you don't want to pay (cheap bastard

) then you can use Thunderbird, I believe there's a way to paste source code into a message.

Make sure you look into differences in email clients, though.

popc0rn · 15-07-2006, 12:39

Just enter HTML when your writing in Mozilla thunderbird.

Red Cap · 15-07-2006, 18:11

read this?

http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/design/html-emails

mathias · 16-07-2006, 13:39

I appreciate the feedback guys. I'm wrestling with Thunderbird right now. I'll keep CM bookmarked; dunno what I'll do yet. I'll need to do a few email campaigns every now and then, I believe, but am just not convinced that I need to pay for such a thing (cheap bastard, I know).

No I hadn't that thinkvitamin article yet, thanks Red Cap.

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mathias Refrigerated User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Central US Posts: 163	HTML emails, how? I love the impression good clean HTML emails give; they make quite an impact. I just don't know how they're done. I would love to make my own, I have my own domain to host the images/HTML. Searching around, I see that various online companies are charging people to get started with creating their very own HTML email programs. How can it be more than a simple HTML document viewed in your email? I'm not stupid enough to pay someone else for that, yet I can't seem to figure out how to send an HTML email, myself. Can anyone give me some pointers?

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13-07-2006, 10:08	#2 (permalink)
oli I Call Shenanigans™ Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Manchester, England. Posts: 9,740	www.campaignmonitor.com - best way If you're just sending out a few, upload the page - make sure you link the images in full - www.domain.com/image.gif etc , open ie , click send > page by email.

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pgo Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,340	CM also has a great blog and articles on the subject of good HTML email practice. Cheap too. However, if you don't want to pay (cheap bastard ) then you can use Thunderbird, I believe there's a way to paste source code into a message. Make sure you look into differences in email clients, though.

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popc0rn All hail me! King Popc0rn Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bradford, West yorkshire Posts: 89	Just enter HTML when your writing in Mozilla thunderbird.

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Red Cap senior member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: auckland, nz Posts: 274	read this? http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/design/html-emails

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mathias Refrigerated User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Central US Posts: 163	I appreciate the feedback guys. I'm wrestling with Thunderbird right now. I'll keep CM bookmarked; dunno what I'll do yet. I'll need to do a few email campaigns every now and then, I believe, but am just not convinced that I need to pay for such a thing (cheap bastard, I know). No I hadn't that thinkvitamin article yet, thanks Red Cap.

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