On 3/9/11 6:50 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
On 03/09/2011 06:33 PM, Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Wed, 2011-03-09 at 17:33 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
It is almost better to build the html and have OE send it than to
let OE
do its own HTML building.
I couldn't agree more - provided he uses something that generates valid
HTML, which doesn't mean MS Office.
I agree that sending plain text would be best though he could also try
Open Office (a small test file with assorted formatting in it was
perfect) or rendering the newsletter as PDF.
His clientele are all older purchasing people at small companies,
lacking generally in computer skills. Opening up a pdf would be a
non-starter for some of them. That is partly why he has not converted
to a web site.
Open Office might be worth it for him. It is what I use most of the
time....
consider using a third party service, some are free, or reasonably priced.
if you want to pay extra, you can get one that is 'certified'. (you pay
for that)
for freeish/ and a pretty good reputation for canceling clients who are
not confirmed opt-in... mailchimp.
reason I say that, is that they are the only ESP I have dealt with that
will respond back to a complaint, then respond back that they have
banned the client for spamming.. others, even 'certified' ones, send
back an auto ignore mail, saying they will look into it and get back to
me, but never do.
so, mailchimp: not certified, but not blacklisted either.
If I didn't run my one listserver, I would use theirs.
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