[AccessD] HTML personalized mass mail

Hi Jim

Receivers are executives who you cannot be expected to make decisions
on anything regarding format. Thus I wish to create e-mails of the sort
where HTML is displayed if the reader can and will do it, otherwise a
similar content should be displayed but as plain text including a link
to the HTML formatted newsletter to be viewed in a browser if the
receiver wish to.

/gustav

>>> Jdemarco at hudsonhealthplan.org 02-03-2005 16:54:52 >>>
Gustav,

Is there even a way for you to determine whether the client can view
HTML mail?  Many that don't will display the HTML code instead of the
formatting.  I know that when I sign up for newsletters there's an
option as to which format I'd like to recieve (text or HTML).  Is that
not an option for your client?

Jim DeMarco

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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 9:32 AM
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Subject: [AccessD] HTML personalized mass mail


Hi all

The client wish to move from general mass e-mail (Dear customer ..) in
plain text to personalized e-mail (Dear Mrs. Harkins ..) in HTML
format.

I know all about getting Access to generate e-mails and have them
mailed but how to create the body of the e-mail in HTML format? Also,
the e-mail must contain a part in plain text which will be shown to
those receivers not having a mail client with HTML reader.

My thought is to have the client's advertising agency creating a
template with a "field" - some unique search word which I can search
for
and replace with the actual customer's name as it carries no purpose
to
have the Access app build the e-mail from scratch.

Has anyone done something similar?

/gustav