studioeighty
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Hi guys,
been a while since I last posted - just wondering about email design.....
as like most of you I probably receive a good 5-10 emails from companies I take an interest in. Some of these emails are made up of purely images and just a text footer and the others are built in HTML tables.
What are the advantages of both? I always thought email clients are more than likely to direct an email into your spam folder if it is made up of mainly images. These emails always look nicer as you are not constrained however I'm sure there are disadvantages too.
This is one I received this morning - looks great and came through fine into my inbox?
Any opinions on this?
thanks
Steve
been a while since I last posted - just wondering about email design.....
as like most of you I probably receive a good 5-10 emails from companies I take an interest in. Some of these emails are made up of purely images and just a text footer and the others are built in HTML tables.
What are the advantages of both? I always thought email clients are more than likely to direct an email into your spam folder if it is made up of mainly images. These emails always look nicer as you are not constrained however I'm sure there are disadvantages too.
This is one I received this morning - looks great and came through fine into my inbox?
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thanks
Steve