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Posted by prophet on February 12, 2008, 9:34 am
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> [snip]
>> >> one of the pages on the site is advertising some of the social events
>> >> that we do.
>> >>
>> >> What I would like to do is to email the page showing what the social
>> >> event is so that it is in its full format, and links back to the web
>> >> page.
> [snip]
>> > Your browser should have such a feature, sending a link. There are
>> > reasons why sending a link instead of a whole page is a better idea:
>> > 1. Some email clients do not accept HTML
>> > 2. Some email clients do not render HTML
>> > 3. Some email clients do not render images
>> > 4. Some users have their browsers to not show images because they do
>> > not
>> > want to be tracked.
>> > 5. Depending on the size of the page, users on dialup can have a large
>> > download.
>> Thank you! - that is something to consider.
>
> Here's something else to consider, although it is REALLY getting
> off-topic for this newsgroup:
>
> A decent mailing list software package would not only allow your
> users to sign up specifically for e-mail announcements about events,
> but they would be able to (i) change address easily (ii) unsubscribe
> easily (iii) temporarily suspend delivery if they are going to be
> away (iv) choose between plain text and html-formatted e-mails.
>
> Your web host may already provide such a facility using a package
> like Mailman. A _proper_ subscription mailing list is going to
> save you much grief in the long run, as well as giving both you and
> your users greater flexibility.
I looked at my web host and nothing - thanks for the idea.
I will look tonight to see if there are any programs at the local store.
Thanks
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