Wednesday, October 14, 2009
MIME Email Messages - Something for Everyone
MIME email messages combine text, html, and other components such as images and documents. Most email messages sent are MIME messages. With Relevant Tools it is easy to create a MIME messages. Click on Messages and then click on Create a New Message.
Enter in the name of your message. This is the name that you will use to select the message when you mail it out. By default the from name and from email address will inserted from your account but you can change it if need be. Then enter the subject of the email. Enter the text portion of your email or upload a text file. If you upload a text file it must be an actual text file with a .txt extension - not a Word document. You can then enter your html or upload an html file.
After you create your message you should ALWAYS test it. Send a copy to yourself and others. Email can look different through different email programs on different computers. If possible in addition to testing with your own email program test through a web based email program as well.
Here is the html version of the email. It is easy to create an email message in Relevant Tools. There are many ways to create an email message. Today we will look at MIME messages which typically have a text portion and an HTML portion. The receiving email program chooses which version to use, text or HTML, but both versions are seen by spam filters.
This is the HTML version of the message. There are advantages to html. You can make your message visually interesting and engage your reader with the use of fonts and colors. Make it tasteful - don't get carried away with anything. You can have links to make it easy for your customers to learn more and contact you and you can have images to convey information.
Here is the text version of the email. The format is plain text but there are advantages to plain text. The text will be seen by the spam filters. Text may have better deliverability than HTML depending on the content and format of your message.
Having both text and html makes the message consistent with the email messages created in programs such as Outlook or Mail that create MIME messages by default.
Enter in the name of your message. This is the name that you will use to select the message when you mail it out. By default the from name and from email address will inserted from your account but you can change it if need be. Then enter the subject of the email. Enter the text portion of your email or upload a text file. If you upload a text file it must be an actual text file with a .txt extension - not a Word document. You can then enter your html or upload an html file.
After you create your message you should ALWAYS test it. Send a copy to yourself and others. Email can look different through different email programs on different computers. If possible in addition to testing with your own email program test through a web based email program as well.
Here is the html version of the email. It is easy to create an email message in Relevant Tools. There are many ways to create an email message. Today we will look at MIME messages which typically have a text portion and an HTML portion. The receiving email program chooses which version to use, text or HTML, but both versions are seen by spam filters.
This is the HTML version of the message. There are advantages to html. You can make your message visually interesting and engage your reader with the use of fonts and colors. Make it tasteful - don't get carried away with anything. You can have links to make it easy for your customers to learn more and contact you and you can have images to convey information.
Here is the text version of the email. The format is plain text but there are advantages to plain text. The text will be seen by the spam filters. Text may have better deliverability than HTML depending on the content and format of your message.
Having both text and html makes the message consistent with the email messages created in programs such as Outlook or Mail that create MIME messages by default.
Labels: email format, emIL messages
MIME Email Messages - Something for Everyone posted by Jean Christofferson @ 11:17 AM 
