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[rhu]

Having gotten no criticism, constructive or otherwise :-), on my proposed email message, I'm ready to send it.... but for one detail. It uses handcrafted HTML, and I don't have a client installed that lets me send handcrafted HTML messages. (Normally, I avoid sending formatted email like the plague, but let's face it, this message is a kind of advertisement and I want it to look slicker than plain text.) Anyone out there have a suggestion?

Thanks!

Comments

Thunderbird?

[jikamens.livejournal.com]

Thunderbird will let you Insert > HTML..., and if you tell it to send the message in both HTML and plaintext format (which is the default, I believe, when it doesn't know the addressee's preferred format), it will automatically convert the HTML into plaintext to generate a multipart/alternative message. Its HTML to plaintext conversion is among the best I've seen.

Alternatively, you can view your HTML in a browser and cut and paste it into a Thunderbird message window (most other modern email clients let you do that as well, no?).

Finally, you could cobble together a multipart/alternative MIME message by hand pretty easily.

Re: Thunderbird?

[530nm330hz.livejournal.com]

I used tbird, in the end. It was frustrating and didn't come out the way I wanted, but it sufficed. Thanks for the suggestion.