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John Good · 28-04-2008, 02:58

I was about to make one big image, and send it in html with a mailer.

Is it that bad ?

Should I really bother slicing it in several images with apropriate alts ?

Cooper · 28-04-2008, 05:00

If you mail out an 'eflyer' simply as an image attachment, a lot of email programs will not display it by default for security and anti-spam reasons.

A much better way of doing email mailouts is to actually create it as a standards compliant HTML document that will gracefully degrade (ie, if the program refuses to display images or any advanced styling, it would still display to core message as basic text). It would also link to a copy of the email as a page on your website with a link to click 'if the email doesn't display properly'.

John Good · 28-04-2008, 05:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cooper

as an image attachment, a lot of email programs will not display it

Yes, I know, that's why as I said I was about to send it in html, and that is not the point.

sub · 28-04-2008, 05:23

Have a look through the FAQs and Resources section at Campaign Monitor
I think they cover in detail the reasons why you should 'slice' up an html emailer as well as many other usability tips.

chetan · 30-04-2008, 01:29

Most of the mails must be spammed due to security reasons so time to send mail and content of mail should be related to subject.

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ThomasFjordside · 03-05-2008, 11:02

John If you want your mail to be read you should slice it up. And you shouldn't be using a lot of images as that will easily get flagged as spam.

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28-04-2008, 05:00	#2 (permalink)
Cooper Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 42	If you mail out an 'eflyer' simply as an image attachment, a lot of email programs will not display it by default for security and anti-spam reasons. A much better way of doing email mailouts is to actually create it as a standards compliant HTML document that will gracefully degrade (ie, if the program refuses to display images or any advanced styling, it would still display to core message as basic text). It would also link to a copy of the email as a page on your website with a link to click 'if the email doesn't display properly'.

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chetan Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 21	Most of the mails must be spammed due to security reasons so time to send mail and content of mail should be related to subject. webdesigningcompany.net

03-05-2008, 11:02	#6 (permalink)
ThomasFjordside Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 8	John If you want your mail to be read you should slice it up. And you shouldn't be using a lot of images as that will easily get flagged as spam.

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