On 07/21/12 16:47, Jeff Johnson wrote: > Viewing an email in Tbird as plain text, just strips the tags and looks > fine, but I am concerned about sending an email to a client that can't > view HTML even as text. I guess the bigger question is, does anybody > have a plain text client and use that any more? I am working for small > businesses that want to send out some emails to their clients. It seems > that most everyone uses Outlook or some fashion of web mail... Yahoo, > Gmail, etc. It also seems that almost any client can view HTML as plain > text but if you sent HTML to a plain text client it would have all the tags. >
I do/send everything in plain text, because everybody can read that without worrying about settings. However, for a small business, I can see the need for a bit more polished look, which HTML can give you. Couple of recommendations: 1. Keep the HTML simple, don't do those rookie things like flash, animation, Facebook-style crap. Just make it look nice for most folks. 2. Most people will be able to display simple HTML just fine. If they can't, it's probably because they've got it turned off in their E-mail program. Not difficult to turn it back on if they want to do that. Your client, as a business, can't MAKE their customers do anything they don't want to. Do the best you can for a reasonable effort. Good luck. Dan Covill San Diego _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
