RE: UKNM: html emails

[Bharat Karavadra]

I agree with Steve - give a choice, especially if you are sending emails to

a UK (non free call) audience as any external assets such as

images/applets/content feeds will not appear immediately and if users

download and auto-log-off the Net then your message will be incomplete. On

saying that I would not question too much sending a self contained HTML

page - as long as the email client supports it.


Without going into all the possible email receiving and re-distribution

issues (such as mine - I often send my email to my phone when I know I am

going to be away from my computer for a reasonable amount of time) don't

force a customer to receive HTML only email - give a choice - otherwise you

may find that return traffic (from email comms) to your site decreases

dramatically.


Bharat Karavadra


CTO

Net.cubator.com


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Sent: 20 March 2000 17:05

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Subject: Re: UKNM: html emails


You'd annoy me even if I did have an HTML compatible client.


Don't do this sort of thing. Learn the lesson of the Wired's of the world;

announce the option and give the choice.


Steve.


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On 20/03/00, at 16:29, Taylor, Dominic (ELSLON) wrote:


>Does anyone know any packages that allow you to 'sniff' out whether a

user's

>email browser can accept html emails?

>

>We have surveyed a section of our newsgroup list and 73% say they have

>compatible browsers, 7% haven't and 20% don't know.  We'd like to send a

>test html email out to everyone but don't want to annoy our members who

have

>text only email browsers.

>

>Dom



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