Re: HTML-format e-mail newsletters?

Subject: Re: HTML-format e-mail newsletters?
From: Goober <techcommgoober -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 13:23:06 -0700 (PDT)


Generally these types of newsletters are either
batch-sent outside of a mail client UI or are authored
within the UI in HTML format. Have you thought about
creating a template in Outlook for the e-letter?

--- "Hart, Geoff" <Geoff-H -at- MTL -dot- FERIC -dot- CA> wrote:
> We're in the early stages of developing an e-mailed
> newsletter for our
> clients, with the contents in HTML format. (We've
> done the audience analysis
> to confirm that this is acceptable.) Currently, we
> plan to produce the
> newsletter template in Dreamweaver, then
> subsequently pour in the text for
> each issue. The text would be created, edited, and
> reviewed in Word 97.
>
> Here's the problem: We're working in Outlook 2000,
> and can't figure out how
> to pour the newsletter into a message so that it's
> an integral part of the
> message rather than an attachment. Similarly, we'd
> like the graphics to be
> embedded in the file rather than externally linked.
> Copying and pasting
> doesn't work, and inserting the newsletter as a file
> turns it into an
> attachment. Obviously, we're missing something, and
> as usual, the online
> help isn't. <g>

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