confusion with the email newsletter

i was tryin开发者_Python百科g to get a newsletter done in html . is it mandatory to use while creating a newsletter email template ? what else do I need to take into account to encode the newsletter ?

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To get started you can use the templates provided here. When you have some time on your hands go here to understand more about the difficulties associated with creating HTML email.

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I think your question is whether you need HTML to make a newsletter. If it's not please ignore my answer.

You don't need to use HTML for your email newsletter, you can just use plain text. However if you want to markup your email newsletter (have colors, images, etc) you do need HTML.

Properly doing HTML-email is difficult. I'm guessing you're not an HTML expert, so I'd advise you to either keep to plain text (which for most purposes is absolutely fine) or use an email newsletter service like MailChimp.

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You'll need an application to send your html newsletter from.

http://www.campaignmonitor.com has an easy to use user interface as well as a free trial.