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Re: Import HTML into Outlook message?

Subject: Re: Import HTML into Outlook message?
From: Dick Margulis <margulisd -at- comcast -dot- net>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 20:50:33 -0400




Guy K. Haas wrote:




Thanks, Bonnie. I'm in Outlook 2000 on WinNT 4.0. Anybody have a clue what the analogous something might be? I don't see one. :-(



What David said, plus:

1. Don't do it in Outlook. Even if you _receive_ an HTML message in Outlook and then try to forward it, the HTML gets munged VERY BADLY almost every time.

2. If you must send HTML email (as sometimes I must, no matter how much I stamp my feet), use a tool designed for it. There are a few approaches. One is to use Outlook Express or Netscape or some similar email composition client that offers you the choice. Another, the cook-your-own approach, is to use ASP (or your language of choice) to build a message object and send it from your SMTP server. The third approach is to build the HTML in, for example, Dreamweaver (or Notepad for that matter) and then use a purpose-built bulk email tool to send it for you. These tools range from very cheap to very expensive, and they're a bit cumbersome for sending a single message (although I use one that way for sending proofs before doing a bulk mailing), but they work well enough.


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References:
Import HTML into Outlook message?: From: Guy K. Haas
Re: Import HTML into Outlook message?: From: Bonnie Granat
Re: Import HTML into Outlook message?: From: Guy K. Haas

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