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Tailslide -> M$ and HTML emails (1/21/2007 3:50:33)
Oh dear - just read this: Microsoft makes accessible ... HTML emails impossible I only set up emails for clients using Plain Text however I'm sure that there are quite a few people out there that would like to set up HTML emails etc. Well you won't be able to do it using CSS - only tables etc fairly soon.. Another stunning victory for M$ in the PR and accessibility stakes!

Nicole -> RE: M$ and HTML emails (1/21/2007 4:57:58)
But the strongest arguement against this, I think, is that many people turn off images in emails, and EVERYONE is going to want their logo in their emails, meaning that you'll get a box with a red X in it mostly. To many people, I believe, seeing an empty box with an X in it signals "junk", so they are less likely to read it.

womble -> RE: M$ and HTML emails (1/21/2007 7:02:44)
quote: It’s a fascinating move by Microsoft, and I can’t help asking myself a few questions. Why does Microsoft seemingly hate everybody who works in the Web industry so much? Why does Microsoft keep coming up with new ways of making our jobs harder? Is it because the Web makes it possible to run applications on any operating system? Because many Web designers and developers use Macs? Whatever the reason, it sure isn’t going to make them any new friends among Web professionals. sigh Couldn't have put it better myself. M$ - One Step Forward and Several Hundred Back [&o]

mtfm -> RE: M$ and HTML emails (1/30/2007 11:26:50)
What the....? How....? why...? oh, nevermind. [sm=theyareontome.gif]

jaybee -> RE: M$ and HTML emails (1/30/2007 12:53:57)
Oh for......!!!!! quote: I know for sure that I will not even attempt to create any more HTML emails. Next time a client requests it I will try to convince them to use text-only, and if that fails let somebody who does nothing but design HTML email take care of the dirty work. I’m done. Me too. My last client who had a mailer running on their server has now been sent to a professional mailing company and they run all their campaigns through them. I don't touch them any more and took great delight in deleting PHPList from the host along with a stonking great 20, 000 name database. It really isn't worth the hassle. The work involved setting it all up only to find the host won't allow more than 100 mails per hour to go out, so you have to throttle the whole thing. Then it takes a week to process, during which time, said client has decided there was a mistake in email one so kicks off another which either breaks the throttle or queues and then continues processing for 2 weeks. Users don't read the unsubscribe bit of the email properly and even though they subscribed in the first place, decide to report it as spam so the host gets blacklisted. Aaaaargh, Nightmare.

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