Question

I have designed an HTML page which I will send out as an email.
I have never sent an HTML email before and need some pointers.

Do you literally just send the code in the body of the email?
What is the best way to attach images?

I have tried Google but haven’t found anything that helpful, answers on here are always more informative!

I’m slightly unsure how the whole process works!

Thanks!

Answer 1

Do you literally just send the code in the body of the email?

No.

1. Rewrite the HTML and CSS to account for the many limitations of various HTML capable email clients and webmail systems.
2. Create a plain text alternative
3. Construct a multipart MIME email with the HTML and Text versions as alternate parts

The Campaign Monitor: Resources section has a lot of useful information.

What is the best way to attach images?

Generally speaking, link to external images. Otherwise the email file sizes will be huge.