Re: AOL Problem

That's fine if you received the mail in the first place... What I am talking
about is when you are sending one way announcements to an opt in list that
contains aol users.  The 7.0 version WILL NOT allow plain text.

Teajai Kimsey
Managing Partner
Budget Website Design
www.budgetwebsitedesign.com
>From Concept to Completion & Beyond ~
316.944.8700
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Roberts" <hwg(at)roberts200025.freeserve.co.uk>
To: "Mamie Woo" <seller(at)sellerdoor.com>
Cc: "HWG Techniques" <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 1:02 PM
Subject: Re: AOL Problem


> in email they only support certain tags see
> http://webmaster.info.aol.com/index.cfm?section=2&article=500000000000042
>
> on the reply thing, you can get helper apps that do this for you, quoting
in the reply has never been available aol.
>
> Paul Roberts
> http://www.paul-roberts.com
> mail(at)paul-roberts.com
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mamie Woo" <seller(at)sellerdoor.com>
> To: "Teajai (TJ) Kimsey" <tkimsey(at)budgetwebsitedesign.com>;
<hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
> Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 1:12 PM
> Subject: Re: AOL Problem
>
>
> > I think the worst thing about AOL html e-mail messages is that it
> > doesn't always conform to html standards.  I've sent html messages which
> > appear fine for everyone else BUT AOL users.  (If anyone has any
> > suggestions on this issue, please forward to me privately.)
> >
> > Also, does anyone know why AOL users can't simply hit "REPLY" and send
> > the original message with their response?  There is no preference
> > setting in AOL 6 to automatically do this.  In my contact with AOL
> > technical support, the only suggestion they can give me is to copy and
> > paste the original message.  I'm not an AOL user, but this is a real
> > pain in the --- and my people don't always remember to do this.  If
> > anyone knows how to correct this problem, please let me know.
> >
> > Teajai (TJ) Kimsey wrote:
> >
> > >I don't know how many of the people on this list work with email
marketing
> > >for their clients but I got this as part of another list I belong to.
I
> > >found this very interesting and will be working to find a way around
this
> > >problem as one of my clients has a list of over 9000 that she mails to
once
> > >a week and there are many aol addresses on the list.
> > >
> > >Anyway... on with the sharing:  apparently AOL 7 does not allow plain
text
> > >email, only HTML email.  So if it's plain text, the customer gets all
of the
> > >formatting and demime doesn't work on this version AOL.
> > >_____________________
> > >If that doesn't work, I think the story is clear enough
> > >to give it to the on-line media; your comments and
> > >suggestions welcomed.  See http://obri.net/aol .
> > >
> > >Jay O'Brien
> > >______________________
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Teajai Kimsey
> > >Managing Partner
> > >Budget Website Design
> > >www.budgetwebsitedesign.com
> > >>From Concept to Completion & Beyond ~
> > >316.944.8700
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

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