[dba-Tech] Force (HTML) footer in Exchange Server.

HTML is getting very common these days.
Every newsletter I receive is in HTML, probably 80% of E-mail I receive
is HTML.
If a newsletter is not in HTML, I don't bother anymore to look at it.

I know, I know the disadvantages, but for proper layout it's the only
choice..
Need HTML to do proper layout formatting.
And why would it a risk.
Adding a link to a website can give you the same prob.
And if you have a decent virusscanner wrong html gets cleaned...

Never had a single mail refused because it's HTML, I'm using HTML for
several years now...

I believe HTML in mail is here to stay, unless someone finds a better
way to have some layout posibilities in mail.

Erwin




-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bryan
Carbonnell
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 1:55 PM
To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Force (HTML) footer in Exchange Server.

> From: "Erwin Craps - IT Helps" <Erwin.Craps at ithelps.be>

> Can I force a (HTML) footer for every E-mail that leaves the company 
> through Exchange Server (either 5.5 or 2K)?
> Or some way to centralize a uniform footer for everyone, Name & 
> Function including.

Let me start off by saying that I am not an Exchange Admin. Never seen
it. Never tried to do anything with it.

Be careful with forcing HTML footers, or any HTML content. You may
inadvertantly alienate or out and out p*ss off your clients.

There are lots of folks out there that want no part of HTML mail and
will uncerimoniously delete it.

You may also inadvertantly prevent folks that use the server for their
e-mail from subscribing to some lists that will only accept plain text.
There is one list I belong to that AOL users cannot subscribe to until
they jump though hoop because some of the newer versions make it
extremely difficult to turn off HTML mail.

Just my $0.02 CAD.

Why exactly do you want an HTML footer? If it is for clickable links in
the footer, that is an e-mail client function and not a content
function. What I mean is that the user's mail client will make the link
clickable if it is a properly formed URL.

The e-mail client I use will make a link clickable if is in the form of
http://some.dom.ain, even if the e-mail is plain text.


--
Bryan Carbonnell - carbonnb at sympatico.ca Unfortunately common sense
isn't so common!

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