Re: HTML Emails

From: Shiperton Henethe <shiphen2_at_yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri 02 Jul 2004 08:32:59 -0500

Rob Frankel <rob_at_robfrankel.com> wrote:

> The quick and easy answer is DON'T send HTML e-mail! I blast out
> hundred of thousands of e-mails to our i-legions Branded Communities
> and ALL of them are ASCII text. There are several advantages:
>
> 1. The rate of high-bandwidth installations is slowing, which means
> that dial up is still king. Nobody on dial up wants to wait for HTML
> downloads.

<...snip...>

> 5. AOL has just re-codified what it will and won't deliver. MSN,
> Yahoo and some of the other gorillas are doing the same. So the
> stuff that got through last month will get bounced this month, for
> sure.
>
> And that's the SHORT list...
 
Surely the correct answer is to give your users the choice
of HTML or plain text?
 
We currently just do plain text, mainly because our systems guy can
work out how to to mail merge into HTML emails!
But pressure is mounting to send out HTML complete with
images. Thus far I'm resisting, but if we had more resources (not to
mention technical skills!) I think we should in fact offer both.
 
yours
 
 
Ship
Shiperton Henethe
 
 





Received on Fri Jul 02 2004 - 08:32:59 CDT