RE: FN-FORUM: Help with HTML Emails

date posted 5th January 2007 12:05

I don't want to assume that anyone is using outlook. I would like a solution
that fits all... I was using outlook (because that is what I have) to try
stuff out.

regards,

Paul Durdin
Taradata Ltd
http://www.taradata.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Alain Williams [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: 05 January 2007 12:40
To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Help with HTML Emails


On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 12:29:26PM -0000, Paul Durdin wrote:
>
> My client wants to send emails based on an image (jpg) with a hotspot /
> hyperlink to a web page. In outlook I seem t be able to embed the image
> within the email so the recipient sees the image, instead of an
attachment.
> But I cannot add a hotspot to link to a web page.

Errrm: you are making the assumption that the mail recipient will be using
MS outlook.
This is a bad assumption. If you *really* must do this sort of thing - test
it
against many different mail readers ... before going back to your customer
to say that it is a stupid idea.

> If I use html I can encode the hotspot, but I have to host the image on a
> web site somewhere.
>
> Any suggestions (other than the 'don't use html' kind!).

But it is the best advice.

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