Comments on: How To Use Outlook to Send an HTML File as the Body of an Email http://blog.derekgulbranson.com/2006/03/17/how-to-use-outlook-to-send-an-html-file-as-the-body-an-email/ Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:25:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: derek http://blog.derekgulbranson.com/2006/03/17/how-to-use-outlook-to-send-an-html-file-as-the-body-an-email/comment-page-1/#comment-156 derek Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:38:55 +0000 http://derekgulbranson.com/2006/03/17/how-to-useoutlook-to-send-an-html-file-as-the-body-an-email/#comment-156 You can view the HTML source in Outlook by right-clicking in the message and choosing view source. You cannot edit the HTML that way though. This article tells you where your HTML source needs to go so you can send it via Outlook. Now you can edit your HTML file to add your unsubscribe link to the source and send it. I have no idea what your unsubscribe link should be. You might look at the <a href="http://subscribe2.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">Subscribe2</a> plugin. It does what you want without involving Outlook. FYI, your hosting provider may have a limit on the number of outbound emails that can be sent at one time. You can view the HTML source in Outlook by right-clicking in the message and choosing view source. You cannot edit the HTML that way though.

This article tells you where your HTML source needs to go so you can send it via Outlook. Now you can edit your HTML file to add your unsubscribe link to the source and send it. I have no idea what your unsubscribe link should be.

You might look at the Subscribe2 plugin. It does what you want without involving Outlook. FYI, your hosting provider may have a limit on the number of outbound emails that can be sent at one time.

]]> By: EnnisP http://blog.derekgulbranson.com/2006/03/17/how-to-use-outlook-to-send-an-html-file-as-the-body-an-email/comment-page-1/#comment-155 EnnisP Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:03:53 +0000 http://derekgulbranson.com/2006/03/17/how-to-useoutlook-to-send-an-html-file-as-the-body-an-email/#comment-155 Hey Derek, You responded to a post I put on Campaign Monitor Forum. You directed me to this post and I am grateful but still a little confused. I am a newby at this and the info here is little over my head. One question you might help me with is, can I access the html source for Outlook 2003 email from within Outlook? I am trying to install an unsubscribe function on the normal emails I send out with no luck so far. Thanks for your response. Hey Derek,
You responded to a post I put on Campaign Monitor Forum. You directed me to this post and I am grateful but still a little confused. I am a newby at this and the info here is little over my head. One question you might help me with is, can I access the html source for Outlook 2003 email from within Outlook? I am trying to install an unsubscribe function on the normal emails I send out with no luck so far.
Thanks for your response.

]]> By: Rob http://blog.derekgulbranson.com/2006/03/17/how-to-use-outlook-to-send-an-html-file-as-the-body-an-email/comment-page-1/#comment-154 Rob Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:05:57 +0000 http://derekgulbranson.com/2006/03/17/how-to-useoutlook-to-send-an-html-file-as-the-body-an-email/#comment-154 Many thanks, I'd be searching the web for hours to find an answer to this and your simple solution worked a treat. Rob Many thanks, I’d be searching the web for hours to find an answer to this and your simple solution worked a treat.

Rob

]]> By: Andy Nock http://blog.derekgulbranson.com/2006/03/17/how-to-use-outlook-to-send-an-html-file-as-the-body-an-email/comment-page-1/#comment-153 Andy Nock Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:24:59 +0000 http://derekgulbranson.com/2006/03/17/how-to-useoutlook-to-send-an-html-file-as-the-body-an-email/#comment-153 Hi, thanks for this - not a way mentioned by many websites, but could be the way to go - although when I add the html file, it sees the background in the preview pane, but not in the actual email.... any reasons why? Cheers, Andy Hi, thanks for this – not a way mentioned by many websites, but could be the way to go – although when I add the html file, it sees the background in the preview pane, but not in the actual email…. any reasons why?

Cheers, Andy

]]> By: Nadka Frolova http://blog.derekgulbranson.com/2006/03/17/how-to-use-outlook-to-send-an-html-file-as-the-body-an-email/comment-page-1/#comment-152 Nadka Frolova Thu, 07 Jun 2007 09:23:09 +0000 http://derekgulbranson.com/2006/03/17/how-to-useoutlook-to-send-an-html-file-as-the-body-an-email/#comment-152 Thank you very much for these straight and simple instructons!! Thank you very much for these straight and simple instructons!!

]]> By: Christine http://blog.derekgulbranson.com/2006/03/17/how-to-use-outlook-to-send-an-html-file-as-the-body-an-email/comment-page-1/#comment-151 Christine Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:24:18 +0000 http://derekgulbranson.com/2006/03/17/how-to-useoutlook-to-send-an-html-file-as-the-body-an-email/#comment-151 Thanks for the writeup! I haven't used Outlook in so long, and when I was asked to send an html email after having created one, I forgot how to do it in Outlook. I new it had to do something with stationary or theme but I just could not remember how. And I know what you mean, it takes forever to figure out! I luckily have done it before but that was years ago, so I knew the idea of having to use it as stationary, I just forgot how to add it to stationary, so your article helped! Thanks again. Christine Thanks for the writeup! I haven’t used Outlook in so long, and when I was asked to send an html email after having created one, I forgot how to do it in Outlook. I new it had to do something with stationary or theme but I just could not remember how. And I know what you mean, it takes forever to figure out! I luckily have done it before but that was years ago, so I knew the idea of having to use it as stationary, I just forgot how to add it to stationary, so your article helped!

Thanks again.
Christine

]]> By: derek http://blog.derekgulbranson.com/2006/03/17/how-to-use-outlook-to-send-an-html-file-as-the-body-an-email/comment-page-1/#comment-150 derek Fri, 13 Oct 2006 04:46:25 +0000 http://derekgulbranson.com/2006/03/17/how-to-useoutlook-to-send-an-html-file-as-the-body-an-email/#comment-150 no problem. glad i could help and glad it worked out for you. It's a simple thing but it takes forever to figure it out on your own. no problem. glad i could help and glad it worked out for you. It’s a simple thing but it takes forever to figure it out on your own.

]]> By: Brandon http://blog.derekgulbranson.com/2006/03/17/how-to-use-outlook-to-send-an-html-file-as-the-body-an-email/comment-page-1/#comment-149 Brandon Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:43:43 +0000 http://derekgulbranson.com/2006/03/17/how-to-useoutlook-to-send-an-html-file-as-the-body-an-email/#comment-149 Thank you so much for posting this, I was going crazy trying to get this to work. I even downloaded a stupid program that became a part of outlook and wanted me to spend $200 to send the email to more then 150 people... I found that I could also use word pad and word to send the email but going to "file" "send to" and then send it to a mail recipient. Word totally screwed everything up and word pad only works on very basic html. Since I was using dream weaver to script the page and not word... This was becoming impossible until now. Thank you again for this, I looked everywhere and could not find any tutorials on this until I came across your site - you rock! -Brandon Thank you so much for posting this, I was going crazy trying to get this to work. I even downloaded a stupid program that became a part of outlook and wanted me to spend $200 to send the email to more then 150 people… I found that I could also use word pad and word to send the email but going to “file” “send to” and then send it to a mail recipient. Word totally screwed everything up and word pad only works on very basic html.

Since I was using dream weaver to script the page and not word… This was becoming impossible until now. Thank you again for this, I looked everywhere and could not find any tutorials on this until I came across your site – you rock!

-Brandon

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