Vista - Receiving WLM emails at the other end

As I get more familiar with WLM, I find several enhanced features to use
when creating and sending emails. Lots of options when sending
photos....borders, layouts, added text, etc. I'm wondering what the
receivers see if they don't have WLM. I'd like to dress up my emails but if
the receiver can't receive them or they become a real mess at the other end
I don't want to do that. I guess even stationary and emoticons could cause
problems for some systems?

Any comments would be appreciated.

Thanks,

bj

Emails like this are transmitted as common or garden HTML, so anyone who can
normally read HTML mail should have no problem reading messages from you
with fancy formatting. The WLMail HTML generator has shown a few symptoms of
being less than perfect, but there have been too few reports to be able to
pin down whatever faults there might be. Give it a go, and please report
back with the results so others can benefit.
--
Noel

"Beejaysoo" <beejaysoo@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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To add to Noel's response..
In some rare cases, the recipient, based on their client and isp may sometimes see something different than what is transmitted.
e.g. A recipient's isp may have options configurable via the email account on the web site that takes first priority over the local
client(filtering, plain text features).
Normally what you see is what they get provided they have the same mail viewing capability as your mail client's creation.

Note: A recipients client may override what you view prior to sending..ie.. recipient is set to read all in plain text, pictures and
html not downloaded due to the recipient(s) local client security constraints.

In a similar vane...what you see may be different, especially in cases where a sender is using Outlook's Rich Text format.

The only certain way to find out is to ask the recipient.
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...winston
ms-mvp windows live mail


"Beejaysoo" <beejaysoo@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:e5zSBfRjIHA.4744@xxxxxx

> The only certain way to find out is to ask the recipient.

I agree, but to be honest most email clients are pretty sorted now, when it
comes to HTML-formatted emails.

There is a different issue: should you use HTML for emails anyway? HTML
emails are bigger, and thus impose more overheads on the Internet's email
infrastructure. Also, they theoretically have the potential to pose more
security risks (the email protocol used on the Internet is very
unsophisticated and has little or no provision for security measures).

Also, some people switch off the display of HTML-formatted emails anyway, so
they will read it as plain text no matter what you send.

It's worth bearing these in mind when coming to a view on whether to send
plain text or HTML-formatted emails.

SteveT

One thing I have been told by two recipients is that although they are given
the option to view photos as a slideshow...that doesn't seem to work when
they click on it. I'm using feature where photos are sent in high
resolution with thumbnail in email and pictures held on MS server. I would
assume when recipients choose to see photos that they would be directed to
that server where slideshow would be viewed????

Thanks,

bj


"...winston" <winstonmvp@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Tools/Options
Click on the ? mark in the upper right
Once the online help loads enter the following in the search box
What do I need to know about photo e-mails?
Look at the other help topics..it should provide a better understanding than I(who seldom mails photos) can provide.


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...winston
ms-mvp windows live mail


"Beejaysoo" <beejaysoo@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:uoKEIlejIHA.4376@xxxxxx