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* All special charactrs must be spelt out (eg: & pound for the pound symbol) | * All special charactrs must be spelt out (eg: & pound for the pound symbol) | ||
* Keep email below 40k (including images) | * Keep email below 40k (including images) | ||
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| + | === Rules to avoid spam folder === | ||
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| + | email client may direct emails with missing table tags, content below the closing </HTML> tag, or empty <title></title> tags, into the junk folder. | ||
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| + | other triggers to avoid: | ||
| + | * HTML comments which “obfuscate text” | ||
| + | * Fonts in the HTML code sized 2+ or larger | ||
| + | * Links without a “http://” prefix | ||
| + | * Colored backgrounds | ||
| + | * Special font colors outside of the 217 “Web-safe” colors | ||
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== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
* [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 | * [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 02:48, 20 October 2009
Contents
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)
Rules to avoid spam folder
email client may direct emails with missing table tags, content below the closing </HTML> tag, or empty <title></title> tags, into the junk folder.
other triggers to avoid:
- HTML comments which “obfuscate text”
- Fonts in the HTML code sized 2+ or larger
- Links without a “http://” prefix
- Colored backgrounds
- Special font colors outside of the 217 “Web-safe” colors
See Also
- Guide to CSS Support for Emails - Great list from Campaign Monitor about the tags that different email browsers can understand
