Why do my HTML emails arrive in HTML code?

[Guest]

I design web pages, and used to be able to write the HTML for a web page,
paste the code into a new message and send it out. The recipients would
receive it as an inline web page, with the formatting, images, etc. Now when
I do the same thing, it arrives as the text version of HTML code. I have
upgraded to IE7, and I have Windows Automatic Updates turned on, so Outlook
would contain all current updates. "Send as HTML" is my default mail format.
What am I missing?!?

 

[Guest]

Hi, I'm just browsing this newsgroup and I noticed your post. The recipient
will have to have receive in HTML format in Outlook Express. OE > Options >
Read.

 

[Pat Willener]

What do you paste into the message body: the HTML code, or the rendered
web page? If you paste HTML, naturally this is what the recipient will
get. Copy and paste the rendered page instead of HTML code.

 

[Guest]

Okay, that works -- but I still don't understand why I can't just paste the
code into the email. I used to do that (7-10 months ago) and the email
arrived looking like a web page, and not in code. But thanx much, Pat -- at
least I can make it work now.