Email newsletter/ezine templates

Does anyone have experience with designing html email
newsletter or ezine templates?
Since you don't include a css file or header info, how do you
set the link colors?

Generally I design html-based emails using semantic HTML...
that means that
I mark everything up exactly according to the type of content
being
displayed. That means if I have a heading, I use an
<h1> or <h2> (etc) tag
instead of a <p> that is styled with CSS; if I have a
new paragraph, I use a
<p> tag, not a couple <br> tags; and so on...
this means that in the event a
recipient is using gmail (we'll use that client for these
purposes) then the
email degrades well. In other words, it does not necessarily
appear the way
I intend, but the email will appear as readable as can be
hoped.
I also make sure (whenever possible) that the content appears
in the HTML in
the order I wish it to display. For example, I would never
put the sign-off
("Thanks for reading this email, bye") at the top of my
markup and then use
CSS to make it appear at teh bottom; if i do and the CSS is
not supported,
then the email will start "Thanks for reading this email,
bye"
Remember though, I still include CSS to style my emails - I
just have to
consider what happens when CSS is removed or (more complexly)
partially
supported. Hotmail (livemail) for instance does not fully
support "float" so
I have to expect that any content i tried to float will now
appear as a
block level element. May not look AS good, but if I design
correctly, it
still looks acceptable (acceptable = easily readable +
organized)
For some more good advice, check
http://www.campaignmonitor.com/blog/archives/2007/04/a_guide_to_css_support_in_emai_2.html
Alex

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    matnr TYPE ekpo-matnr,
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    ebelp(5) TYPE c,
    aedat(8) TYPE c,
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    t_receivers-com_type = 'INT'.
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