How to send a nice looking HTML E-Mail alike Newsletters?

Question

Hello,

I am using 1&1 as my provider and with my package comes Mail Exchange 2.0. I have been playing around and the best result I achieved was to attach an .html file to the e-mail which displayed when viewed on my Hotmail account, however, unlike these other html e-mails I receive, mine gave an option to download the file.

For those unfamiliar with 1&1 there is a drop-down box to select whether the format of the e-mail; HTML, Plain Text or HTML and Plain Tex, however, if I choose any of these options and add my HTML source and send to my Hotmail Account, it shows up as code.

I am new to e-mail styling however I do know HTML and know that sending an HTML e-mail is limited and any .css styling you'd usually link needs to be written in the HTML source code.

It would be very useful if I could get an answer from someone who is also using 1&1, however I'll be grateful for other responses as it will help me get a greater understanding.

Best Regards,
Tim

Answer 1

HTML emails are a pain in the àrse because you have to code them like we coded back in 1995. Table based layouts with minimal inline styling because half of the CSS attributes won't work. They are horrible to debug because even the smallest error or typo can result in the whole thing being shown as code. So id start by running your code through the w3c validator and setting the doctype to html 4.0.1 Strict.



I don't use 1&1 myself, but just as a precaution id also note the following in case it's one of those little things you have overlooked:



No doubt the 1&1 editor will have some kind of WYSIWYG interface. By selecting HTML as the format what you are doing is ensuring that any rich-text formatting is preserved. Mixing code in an RTF editor will inevitably invalidate it as the editor attempts to apply formatting to your code as if it was plaintext content.



^ With that in mind you need to look for a button to switch off the WYSIWYG. One that will allow you to input raw code segments without formatting being applied to them. If this facility isn't there then the service wasn't designed to sent "HTML" in the way you have in mind.



I use PHPList for my mailing lists but it's nasty to set up. There are lots of other services out there that will give you more options. Mailchimp is quite popular.

Answer 2

basically FYI, many cyber web based e mail companies do no longer reveal HTML emails. it somewhat is with the aid of fact countless spammers use HTML to bypass the junk mail blockers. maximum junk mail blockers seek for particular words, like viagra, intercourse, porn, etc. Now, spammers basically encode all those products in HTML which facilitates to bypass those junk mail checkers. So, basically an FYI, centers consisting of gmail and such would block the HTML element of your emails except the consumer specifies in any different case.

Answer 3

Email Newsletter development is very easy.



Email newsletters have to be built by using tables and in-line styles. E.g :

Text goes here!

Hope this helps.

Answer 4

write inline style

Answer 5

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