Performing an html mailshot

[John]

Hi

I need to send html newsletter to staff on a regular basis using outlook
automation via vba. I want to know if there are any guidelines to create the
newsletter and the way the code handles the newsletter. In particular I need
to know;

1. How are images handled in newsletter? Are they coded with absolute path
or relative i.e. C:\folder1\folder2\....\myimage.jpg or without the path and
are simply saved in same folder as the html? or is it better to upload
images to web site and give a reference to them in newsletter so no images
accompany the newsletter for maximum compatibility with mail systems?

2. Coding wise, I am thinking to read the html newsletter file into a file
system object and then assign it to the HTMLBody part of the outlook mail
item. Will this work?

Any pointers to accomplish this would be appreciated.

Many Thanks

Regards

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

Take a look at the various examples of HTML body coding at
www.outlookcode.com.

How you intend to design the newsletter depends on what versions of Outlook
you intend to support, for example Outlook 2007 has various restrictions on
things like iFrame that aren't in earlier versions of Outlook. There's
information about that at outlookcode.com as well as information on the
Office Web site about HTML restrictions in Outlook 2007.