create html emails

[evan]

This is probably very simple but I am not sure how to make an html doc and sent it in an email. This would be for a marketing campaign.

I have also heard the term email blasting -what is the definition?

[Nile]

You could do it with the <form> and giving the action: mailto: blahblahblah@email.com, or w/e. But it has to access the users email client. The best way to do this (and most effecient way), is to use a server side script. Check out the PHP: Mail function. (http://us3.php.net/mail)

[evan]

I,m not sure I understand yet. I gather it's not simple like just writing out the code and setting a preference in outlook to apply the html to it.

[Nile]

Forget what I said about the mailto: thing with the form... Lets just go with its impossible with just HTML. If you don't have PHP, you can pay a little to get a CGI Email (search it on Google).

[Snookerman]

I think evan is asking how to create and send HTML emails. Take a look at these tutorials:
http://css-tricks.com/video-screencasts/30-creating-and-sending-html-email/ (http://css-tricks.com/video-screencasts/30-creating-and-sending-html-email/) (screencast)
http://css-tricks.com/using-css-in-html-emails-the-real-story/ (http://css-tricks.com/using-css-in-html-emails-the-real-story/) (article)

Good luck!