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Cliff
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United States
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 Posted - 03 January 2004 : 21:02:26
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I will be sending an e-mail message out to about 5000 users. I do not know if they can only receive text e-mail.
Is this still an issue? In 2004 is it safe to assume that most, if not all, people have e-mail that will support HTML?
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Davio
Development Team Member
Jamaica
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Posted - 03 January 2004 : 21:42:23
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Is the email message you are sending require it to be in HTML? Would you lose much formating of the message if you did it in text?
If your message doesn't rely on it being html encoded, then I would send it via text.
Did they sign up for this or are you just sending it to them because you want to?
If they signed up for it, sending it in html would be my choice.
If they didn't sign up for it, text would be the safest way.
I don't like emails being sent to me in html from unknown sources. Too many viruses and exploits come like that.
But if I signed up for it, then it would be ok. It means the source is trusted.
Just my opinions. |
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RichardKinser
Snitz Forums Admin
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Posted - 03 January 2004 : 21:42:37
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| Personally, I do not like to receive HTML e-mail. I prefer Text only. |
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Nikkol
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Posted - 03 January 2004 : 21:49:58
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| I really don't like it either. However, sometimes rich text is nice if the email has a lot of sections that would be more readable if separated using bold fonts or colors and such. I agree with Davio too about the trust issue. |
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Cliff
Average Member
United States
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Posted - 03 January 2004 : 21:58:12
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Wow, thanks for the great replies.
No I don't need HTML, it would have been cleaner - or at least better looking.
These are unsolicited, so I guess others might be fearful of the HTML.
I'll just send it as simple text.
If I add something like bold, is that now considered to be HTML? Or colors to the text? |
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redbrad0
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Cliff
Average Member
United States
501 Posts |
Posted - 03 January 2004 : 22:37:59
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Actually I am using CFMAIL from a coldfusion server.
So I can add something like this to have it bold and red:
<b><font color="#FF0000">Don't forget to tell your friends.</font></b>
That works just fine. I guess I was wondering if simple formatting like that might get rejected by some servers, or if it got through all of them would some people see it with the formatting? |
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laser
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Posted - 03 January 2004 : 22:44:47
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So I can add something like this to have it bold and red:
<b><font color="#FF0000">Don't forget to tell your friends.</font></b>
That would make it HTML wouldn't it  Text is just that - text. Maybe I'm a dinosaur, but HTML is for websites, not emails. |
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Astralis
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USA
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Posted - 03 January 2004 : 23:51:13
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I prefer HTML from organizations and companies. It's easier to read and easier to see which links I want to go to as a visitor. But, it also depends what your HTML looks like! I hope you're a good designer because that's what makes the difference. Subscribe to some large company newsletters - most of them are smartly designed.
Statistically, HTML email has much higher click-through rates than text e-mail. Most consumers prefer HTML email. But, Geeks like us - me excluded  - prefer text messages. We are not normal!
It's even been said that it's best to send HTML and get more click-throughs even though some can only see in text. But, people not being able to view email in HTML is decreasing evey day.
For some programs you can send out multi-part emails in text and HTML. It's tricky, though.
Check out Clickz.com and Marketingprofs.com for information and statistics on e-mail marketing. |
Edited by - Astralis on 03 January 2004 23:55:04 |
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redbrad0
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