Sending HTML emails via automation

[Clifford Zivi]

I want to do an email blast to MY customers. I have
automation already set up so I can send emails
programatically to a list of customers. These emails
have a text body and RTF or HTML attachments, and it
works great. Now I'd like to take it to the next level
by sending an email whose body is formated better;
containing graphics, colored text, etc. I get these junk
emails all the time that are formated quite nicely, with
graphics, colored text and hyperlinks, and I'd like to do
something like that. How can that be done
programatically to a large group of email addresses?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Don't forget that for embedded images, you need to jump through a few extra
hoops -- see http://www.outlookcode.com/d/code/htmlimg.htm

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Clifford Zivi]

I actually have another way to do it, a bit simpler I
think. I used the .FormatBody = HTML and .HTMLBody =
<some text box loaded with the html source code>

The only drawback is that the images must be public
domain on the web somewhere. I figured it out by
disecting some of the junk emails I received. Its nice
because I don't have to send the embedded images in every
email.

I'm going to check out your suggestions also. Thank you.

-----Original Message-----
Don't forget that for embedded images, you need to jump through a few extra
hoops -- see http://www.outlookcode.com/d/code/htmlimg.htm

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers



"Eric Legault [MVP - Outlook]"

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

You might want to rethink that approach. Outlook 2003 doesn't show images
from the Internet by default. I imagine other mail programs will follow
suit, as a privacy feature.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers