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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!

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Re: CSS Email Support

[530nm330hz.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the useful info. In this case, it was a single message to a single email list, so I wasn't worried about being tagged as a spammer.

And I actually was pleased that Thunderbird took the initiative of attaching the images; the whole reason I was using HTML instead of plain text was I wanted it to have that additional polished look of a header and matched background, and since most readers these days suppress URL-based images for fear that they're tracking "bugs", having the images attached improved the odds that the recipient would see what I intended.

For the moment, my regular mailings are plain text and going to about a dozen subscribers. I usually abjure HTML email, but in this case I really wanted to catch peoples' eyes. (Not that it worked, alas.)

Thanks again for the helpful information!