[WebPub] Help Concerning MIT VPF Email Newsletter

[Jeff Derrick]

Hi Scott,
I'm wondering if the copy-paste process is part of the problem.  It's possible that the data on your clipboard contains an actual copy of the image and not a reference to the image on your server.

I'm not familiar with Mac Mail, but Thunderbird has an option to insert HTML code directly into an email message, which would eliminate this as a possible problem.  In the new message window, click in the body of the message and then click on "Insert -> HTML", and a window will pop-up that will allow you to paste your HTML code in directly.

I would try composing and sending your message in this way from Thunderbird and see if it helps.

Thanks,
Jeff


From: webpub-bounces at MIT.EDU [mailto:webpub-bounces at MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of Scott Rolph
Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 12:15 PM
To: webpub at mit.edu
Subject: [WebPub] Help Concerning MIT VPF Email Newsletter

Hi,

I was hoping to draw upon the collective expertise of you all. We (the Office of the Vice President for Finance) have begun sending out an HTML-formatted email newsletter and have encountered three issues:

1. The formatting doesn't hold when a recipient forwards the email or replies to it.
2. I have tried to provide the html file to others for importing into a new Outlook or Thunderbird email but the formatting does not display properly once imported.
3. Some recipients have complained that the images come through as attachments, even though the img sources point to the image locations on our server.

Any thoughts on how (if at all) I can rectify these issues? I can provide the source file in an email individually if that would be helpful in assessing the issue. Here is the process I use for creating the email.

1. Post images on our server.
2. Prepare HTML source in TextEdit on Mac. Stylesheet included in header.
3. Open HTML file in Safari. Select all and copy.
4. Open new email in Mac Mail and paste copied material into body of email.

I would very much welcome any guidance.

Thanks,

Scott


Scott Rolph
Senior Communications Officer
Office of the Vice President for Finance
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Building NE 49, Room 4064
Cambridge, MA 02139
Telephone: 617-258-8170
E-mail: srolph at mit.edu<mailto:srolph at mit.edu>
http://vpf.mit.edu







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