Re: Sending "pretty" email

On 11 Mar 2001 10:57:32 -0800, Michael Geier <mgeier@cdmsports.com> wrote: >So don't refrain from doing it because some people say it shouldn't be done >for one reason or another. Simply fix those reasons so they don't know any >different. I'll second this - while I personally consider HTML email a waste of time[1], a lot of people like it and it does open up some nice possibilities. The key is remembering that if you're going to do it, you need to do it right - sending the proper multi-part mime headers, providing alternatives for people who can't use HTML[2] and generally just being polite. When presenting this to managers and/or clients, point out that this maximizes the number of people who can read their messages - they should grasp the whole "block potential customers = fewer sales" concept quickly. [1] For reasons having more to do with security and the crimes against good design committed by a few; an email client which gave the user the kind of control a browser like Opera does would be a lot more tolerable. [2] It's not those of us using text-based email clients, either. Think of wireless device users or people working at large corps which installed software to disable anything remotely dynamic in incoming emails.