Trying to use Format: Web Page

[Flyarbox]

Based on my reading of the help and such, I've tried formatting a message using the "Web Page" format with something like the following:

http://www.mydomain.com/emaildata/sunset.html
<base href="http://www.mydomain.com">
<br/>
<br/>
And there is the plain text version.


Most of this seems to be working, but the plain text portion does not. When I check the resulting email upon receipt, the "plain text version" part doesn't seem to be in the message.

Also, how can paramaterized personalization be accomplished with HTML and Web Page formats?

Thanks in advance.

 

[stanbusk]

What you are trying to do in not supported. When using the Web Page format you can't have an alternative text version.

 

[Flyarbox]

I quite believe you, and have no reason not to.

The documentation, however, says otherwise.

According to the help file in the section on message formats, it says, and I quote:

Web Page
You can send a message containing a copy of a web page simply by using its URL. Just select the 'Web Page' format from the format pull-down menu and paste the URL in the message field. MaxBulk Mailer will get the code located at that address and will send it to your recipients. It is extremely simple and easy to use. You can provide a BASE HREF tag to the HTML code on the second line if necessary. The BASE HREF parameter converts all the relative URLs into absolute ones. To add an alternative plain text version as with Text/HTML format, add two line-breaks and the text right below.

I will proceed with the understanding that you are correct and that the documentation is in error.

 

[stanbusk]

Not sure if it is an error or not, I wrote both the application and the documentation over the last 10 years but MaxBulk Mailer is a complex application with lots of features that get updated every single month. Sometimes I get lost myself. Try to put this in your message:

http://www.mydomain.com/emaildata/sunset.html
http://www.mydomain.com


And there is the plain text version.