Or you get people like me, who use Pegasus Mail. 
Pegasus supports the HTML Mail standard, which is 
different from general HTML. Certain tags and attributes 
that work on a web page aren't valid in HTML Mail, so it 
ignores them.

It also refuses to open linked images, because such 
links can be used to track whether or not the mail has 
been read, and can also be used to trigger malicious 
scripts aimed at mail clients like Outlook Express.

Now a PDF I could read, but if I was getting mail over a 
dialup connection, I might be pretty unhappy waiting for 
it to download! Of course, that depends also on the 
size of the PDF file. We have a designer here who 
takes the PDF route, wanted to email a 4MB PDF 
attachment ... she did that, once, to all 1600 staff 
members we have here ... not something you want to 
do every day!

David
dvjones(at)ksbe.edu

On 29 Apr 2003, at 9:06, Keith Purtell wrote:

> Ann:
> 
> I agree with the other person who recommended a PDF
> attachment; it's the only way the designer will have full
> control, and it saves you the trouble of presenting a
> technical explanation.
> 
> Also: you might warn the designer about people who remove
> HTML from their email. Some time ago I installed a utility
> (1st Email Anti-Virus) that converts all incoming HTML
> email into plain text. Occasionally some marketing
> department will send me a message so loaded with images
> and HTML that the filtered result I actually see is
> completely blank!
> 
> Keith Purtell, Web/Network Administrator
> VantageMed Operations (Kansas City)
> Email:  kpurtell(at)vantagemed.com
> 
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> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 07:32:57 -0700
> > From: "Ann Ezzell" <amcbainezzell(at)alum.mit.edu>
> > Subject: Resend: dealing with designers
> >
> > > I'm looking for suggestions on how to convey to our
> > > graphic designer - who does an absolutely awesome job
> > > of designing print materials - that some of the things
> > > she wants to do just don't translate well to HTML. She
> > > designs in PageMaker, and comes up with these nifty
> > > layouts that involve things overlapping other things,
> > > and justified text, and a great deal of control. Then
> > > it's my job to implement the design as an HTML e-mail.
> > >
> > > A couple months back, I gave her a list of things that
> > > really don't work well (like rounded corners, because
> > > that requires a graphic, and overlapping objects), but
> > > I think she really just doesn't get it.
> > >
> > > I sent her a copy of Jeff Zeldman's "Taking Your
> > > Talent to the Web" book. Not sure if she's made it
> > > through, but that doesn't seem to be doing the job,
> > > either.
> > >
> > > She's grossly overworked, so I can't expect her to
> > > learn enough HTML to do the code herself.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions? I've been wondering if I could set up
> > > some templates in Photoshop that she could use, along
> > > with some
> > guidelines.
> > >
> > > How do you guys deal with this sort of thing?
> > >
> 
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