html emails
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- Stoph
Whats the best way to create and send html (graphic based) emails?
Is their specific software I would need or what?
Cheers people!
- ********0
- Stoph0
Don't know that stuff!
- jox0
Make sure you store the graphics externally on yoursite.com/gfx, and call it from there.
That's about it. Also, wait for Jevad on here, word on the street is he's TEH SHIZNIZ when it comes to html emails.
- Stoph0
nice one bruva!!!
- radar0
I just build a html page - post it on my site - and then in IE I go Tools> Mail & News> Send Page and it embeds the page in the body of an email.
Theres probaly better ways to do it - but thats pretty efficient.
- ********0
is that on the PC version of IE radar?
:P
- radar0
Yeah I'm on PC - I would assume it would be the same or similar though on mac.
- ribit0
We're about to start using PHP List: http://www.tincan.co.uk/phplist
Does anyone know of anything better?
We need to send around 10000 newletters per month, and 5000 'newsfeed' emails per week
- ********0
hmmm weird, doesn't seem to be in the Mac version. Any Mac people know where this is?
:/
- radar0
At my office we use Lettermark
http://www.lettermark.net for large broadcast emails - works pretty well.
- monkeyshine0
For bigger email lists where you want to track who looks at what, can't beat http://www.myemma.com
- abizzyman0
two things -
make sure you have the correct header - and use boundries to separate html from ascii.
your header should have a content-type line that reads as: Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="B_3160389466_1951012"
... then you use that boundry to separate two more content types in your email.
the first will be:
Content-type: text/plain;the second will be:
Content-Type: text/html;there's more detail to it... but search google for:
'content-type:multipart/alternat... and you'll find a reasonable solution.alot of it will depend on what email program you're using. If you're using Entourage, you're going to have to set up some account parameters. Outlook Express will be a little different too... hit up google.
- jevad0
lettermark and http://www.myemma.com/ are pretty good tools mate.
We used a bespoke system at work that sent out all our emails
- ribit0
myemma would cost us $500 per month (over 100,000 mails)
PHPList is free, but means load on our server, and no stats tracking I think...
- spk0
www.mailchimp.com is alright... :)
ez to use.