[thelist] HTML Email

[Simon Willison]

Diane Soini wrote:

> I was asked recently for some help on some email marketing. The person 
> was doing a somewhat complex layout in HTML for the purpose of sending 
> by email. Problem is, I don't know anything about email clients and 
> their ability to render HTML, so I wasn't sure about what you can and 
> can't do. I looked on the web but had a hard time finding anything 
> useful. Does anybody have any info about how you can write HTML for 
> email, the dos and don'ts?

The css-discuss Wiki has a page on HTML email tips and tricks:

http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=StyleInEmail

Cheers,

Simon