Difference between revisions of "Rich HTML email"
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<ol><li>Create your html page first</li> | <ol><li>Create your html page first</li> | ||
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<li>Your Rich HTML email will be ready for sending in Outlook</li> | <li>Your Rich HTML email will be ready for sending in Outlook</li> | ||
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+ | == General Rules for Rich HTML email design == | ||
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+ | * Avoid stylesheets | ||
+ | * Name your images sensibly and generically to avoid SPAM filtering (eg: image1.gif or header.gif) | ||
+ | * Avoid ROWSPAN and COLSPAN totally | ||
+ | * All special charactrs must be spelt out (eg: & pound for the pound symbol) | ||
+ | * Keep email below 40k (including images) | ||
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+ | == See Also == | ||
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+ | * [http://www.campaignmonitor.com/css/ Guide to CSS Support for Emails] - Great list from Campaign Monitor about the tags that different email browsers can understand |
Revision as of 11:41, 15 January 2009
Easiest way to make and send Rich HTML
- Create your html page first
- Open it in IE7
- Choose the "send page as email" option
- Your Rich HTML email will be ready for sending in Outlook
General Rules for Rich HTML email design
- Avoid stylesheets
- Name your images sensibly and generically to avoid SPAM filtering (eg: image1.gif or header.gif)
- Avoid ROWSPAN and COLSPAN totally
- All special charactrs must be spelt out (eg: & pound for the pound symbol)
- Keep email below 40k (including images)
See Also
- Guide to CSS Support for Emails - Great list from Campaign Monitor about the tags that different email browsers can understand