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[ryandowney]

I am a bulk mailer novice and need some guidance. I have created a web page to use as a newsletter and it displays for most people just fine. But I am getting emails from some people saying it wont display (just a red x). I want to know what may be causing this (security in Windows?) and also how to format my message body to display some plain text alternative. I am an HTML novice and have been cheating by using Freeway for years now. Can someone offer some help?

Thanks

[stanbusk]

Are your pictures online somewhere?

[ryandowney]

Yes. This is the link for the web page I want displayed in my emails.

http://www.toastrock.com/emailtemplate.html

[stanbusk]

So the image in your message is referenced by the 'http://www.toastrock.com/Resources/emailimage.jpeg' url, right?

[ryandowney]

All I did was build a web page using Freeway and uploaded to my site. I am just pasting the web page url in my email message and selecting webpage as the format. The page itself has several objects in it. An jpg and a gif object with text. Will bulk mailer only reference a single image when using webpage format?

[stanbusk]

What is the URL of this page?

[ryandowney]

[stanbusk]

Remove all the window resizing stuff. This is evil.

[ryandowney]

Does the source code look more "friendly" now? Thanks for the help so far!

[ryandowney]

Another question. What is the syntax for putting in alternate text in the body of the message for folks who can't view the webpage? I tried adding it in but how do I test the alternate text? Will it only show up if the mail client won't display the webpage?

[stanbusk]

Yes, the text only shows up when no HTML rendering is available. Some applications let you see that alternative. What software do you use?

[ryandowney]

I am using Freeway to build the web pages and I am viewing with Safari. In Bulk Mailer, what code do I add to enter the text alternative? Does it go after the webpage url in my message body? I am an HTML noob.

[stanbusk]

I mean what Email software do you use to receive your messages? About your question, to add an alternative plain text version add two line-breaks and the text right below.

[ryandowney]

Sorry, I use mac mail and test by sending to myself.

[ryandowney]

I added my message body as below and sent to myself. All I get is a broken link (shows up as a ? in mac mail). Is my setup correct?

http://www.toastrock.com/emailtemplate.html
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