Html stationery

Hi,
I am trying to create html email stationery, but have run
into some compatibility problems. The background image (header)
which looks good in Outlook Express repeats in Entourage... not a
good look.
Would anyone know a good resource for creating html email
stationery or have some easy suggestions of how to do it? I usually
design with CSS so I don't really know much about using tables in
Dreamweaver. Thanks for your help. Regards

HTML emails do not use CSS in the head of the page.
> I know that alot of
> email accounts block the background images (header)
Most do, especially now with Outlook 2007 retrograding to
1980's-style HTML
support.
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>I set the background to no repeat. It is a style in the
head of the html
> document. Maybe that is the problem?
>
> In terms of using email stationery, I am interested to
know if people
> think it
> is reasonable to charge clients to set up email
stationery? I know that
> alot of
> email accounts block the background images (header), but
on the other
> hand,
> when you can see it I think it looks more professional.
Any thoughts?
>

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Okaaaaay, we are getting close, but still ... not the result that's needed
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The issue of using stationery files was one of the main reasons why I personally resisted switching to Apple Mail from Eudora 6.2.4 for many years. I use stationery files a lot in Eudora.
Now that I have begun to use Apple Mail after all of these years -- I've been a solid Mac user for 21 years -- while I have been able to set up almost thirty custom stationery files, and can use them in original messages that I create -- although it takes seven steps from the time that I hit the "New Message" button to the time that I hit the "Send" button, while this can be accomplished in Eudora in only three steps using the "Message With" or "Reply With" message commands -- I have found absolutely no way to use my custom stationery files in reply messages in Apple Mail.
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Hi,
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I found a few online service to convert these documents:
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I'm a total idiot! How did I overlook http://www.zamzar.com/ functions? I think I might have mistakenly chosen convert to BMP instead of html. I tried it and the result was very good.
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"Terrainathome is a good example of what I am trying to do."
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Dear All,
I want to embed 2 .gif files as part of the HTML message which is being sent from one client to another..My clients want me to give them the same effect as Outlook express utility: New Using->Select Stationery->Filename...so that the text can be typed on the image & then sent...i have hardcoded the structure of the message but the problem is that i am only able to send this message & view it only on my m/c & my e-mail id....if i send it to some other id the picture is not displayed how do i handle this
Thank You
Chaitra

import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;
import javax.mail.*;
import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.activation.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
import javax.mail.internet.*;
public class MailServlet
extends HttpServlet
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HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response)
throws IOException
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form = MessageFormat.format(form,
new Object[] { request.getServletPath() });
writer.print(form);
writer.flush();
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HttpServletResponse response)
throws IOException
printForm(request.getParameter("SendMailForm"),request,response);
protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response)
throws IOException
try
if(request.getContentType().
startsWith("multipart/form-data"))
doUpload(request,response);
else
response.sendError(
HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND);
catch(Exception e)
PrintWriter writer = response.getWriter();
writer.println("<HR><B>Oops!</B><PRE>");
e.printStackTrace(writer);
writer.println("</PRE>");
writer.flush();
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System.getProperties(),null));*/
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InternetAddress.parse((String)fields.get("to"));
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else
BodyPart body = new MimeBodyPart(),
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//body.setText((String)fields.get("body"));
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MimeMultipart multipart = new MimeMultipart("related");
multipart.addBodyPart(body);
multipart.addBodyPart(attachment);
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body.setHeader("Content-ID","hbday.gif");
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     multipart.addBodyPart(body);
          // Create 2nd part for the image
     body = new MimeBodyPart();
          // Fetch the image and associate to part
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          body.setDataHandler(new DataHandler(fds2));
          body.setHeader("Content-ID","flowers.gif");
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msg.setContent(multipart);
Transport.send(msg);
response.sendRedirect(response.encodeRedirectURL("/Project/OkForm.jsp"));
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HttpServletResponse response)
throws IOException, MessagingException
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request.getHeader("Content-Type");
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boundary = boundary.substring(pos + 1);
boundary = "--" + boundary;
ServletInputStream in =
request.getInputStream();
byte[] bytes = new byte[512];
int state = 0;
ByteArrayOutputStream buffer =
new ByteArrayOutputStream();
String name = null,
value = null,
filename = null,
contentType = null;
Dictionary fields = new Hashtable();
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while(-1 != i)
String st = new String(bytes,0,i);
if(st.startsWith(boundary))
state = 0;
if(null != name)
if(value != null)
fields.put(name,
value.substring(0,
// -2 to remove CR/LF
value.length() - 2));
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InternetHeaders headers =
new InternetHeaders();
MimeBodyPart bodyPart =
new MimeBodyPart();
DataSource ds =
new ByteArrayDataSource(
buffer.toByteArray(),
contentType,filename);
bodyPart.setDataHandler(
new DataHandler(ds));
bodyPart.setDisposition(
"attachment; filename=\"" +
filename + "\"");
bodyPart.setFileName(filename);
fields.put(name,bodyPart);
name = null;
value = null;
filename = null;
contentType = null;
buffer = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
else if(st.startsWith(
"Content-Disposition: form-data") &&
state == 0)
StringTokenizer tokenizer =
new StringTokenizer(st,";=\"");
while(tokenizer.hasMoreTokens())
String token = tokenizer.nextToken();
if(token.startsWith(" name"))
name = tokenizer.nextToken();
state = 2;
else if(token.startsWith(" filename"))
filename = tokenizer.nextToken();
StringTokenizer ftokenizer =
new StringTokenizer(filename,"\\/:");
filename = ftokenizer.nextToken();
while(ftokenizer.hasMoreTokens())
filename = ftokenizer.nextToken();
state = 1;
break;
else if(st.startsWith("Content-Type") &&
state == 1)
pos = st.indexOf(":");
// + 2 to remove the space
// - 2 to remove CR/LF
contentType =
st.substring(pos + 2,st.length() - 2);
else if(st.equals("\r\n") && state == 1)
state = 3;
else if(st.equals("\r\n") && state == 2)
state = 4;
else if(state == 4)
value = value == null ? st : value + st;
else if(state == 3)
buffer.write(bytes,0,i);
i = in.readLine(bytes,0,512);
doSendMessage(request,response,fields);
class ByteArrayDataSource
implements DataSource
byte[] bytes;
String contentType,
name;
ByteArrayDataSource(byte[] bytes,
String contentType,
String name)
this.bytes = bytes;
if(contentType == null)
this.contentType = "application/octet-stream";
else
this.contentType = contentType;
this.name = name;
public String getContentType()
return contentType;
public InputStream getInputStream()
// remove the final CR/LF
return new ByteArrayInputStream(
bytes,0,bytes.length - 2);
public String getName()
return name;
public OutputStream getOutputStream()
throws IOException
throw new FileNotFoundException();
This is the latest version ....which again doesnt work!!!!!
Thanx..
Chaitra

Embed HTML Code Into Mail?

Hi,
Is it possible to embed HTML code into an Apple Mail message? If it isn't, this would be a really useful feature. Lots of sites now, such as YouTube and Flickr, provide snippets of HTML code that you can copy and paste into your "webpage". But how useful would it be if you could paste this code directly into an e-mail? That way you could do things such as embed a YouTube video into an e-mail, rather than just provide a link to it.

You can do it, but it will not be the easiest thing, and it's generally frowned on, since HTML email is used by spammers and marketers to track whether or not you open their emails. It's much easier and more accepted to just send a link to something you want someone to see; not everyone has time time, patience, or affordable broadband to download a web page with an embedded video window.
You'd have to do the coding yourself, test it to be sure it works when sending and receiving, and then send it to everyone you want to see it. That's a lot of work for no real benefit. According to Apple, Mail in 10.5 allows the sending of HTML using the Stationery feature; have you tested that or checked the Help files for that to see how it's done?
Mulder

Other stationery templates...

Does anyone know if there are or will be ways to add addtional templates for the mail program. I find the ones included a little fluffy and would like other options.

Hi Gabriel,
I had the same thought. This is the only solution I can find at present.
http://www.equinux.com/us/products/stationery/index.html
I've looked at the Equinux offering but, as an artist, I'd rather
spend the money on crafting my own rather than spending money on their
design sense. Some of the templates look great but many, if not most,
aren't to my taste or needs.
I was rather thinking that someone might create an application to create and install templates and possibly host a template exchange. Toward that end, I contacted the Plasq crew (ComicLife) but they are too busy to take on another project and suggested I keep trumpeting the concept. I do believe the idea is obvious enough that an enterprising developer will create a Mail.app template creation application pretty quickly.
Oh well. Ideas are cheap. Turning them into reality is the hard part!

Upgrade to 4.5 device software on Telus Pearl 8130: HTML Email viewer doesn't work

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One of the main reasons I wanted to upgrade was to take advantage of the HTML email viewer (yeah! finally!).
My installation went fine, and the View Messages in HTML option is enabled (was by default, have verified it again).
On my first test email that I sent to myself from my Yahoo account to my default ISP email account, here's what happened. The Yahoo email uses a very simple "stationery" as background, consisting of two small graphic files, one in the upper left and one in the lower right. In between those two graphics is the text you wish to write. So I put the words "test test" in the text portion and sent it to myself.
When the email was received on the Pearl, indeed I saw the two graphics. However, the text was not displayed.
That was the first attempt. The second attempt produced no graphics at all.
I also tried sending myself an email using some formatting, like bold fonts, different text colors, underline and one jpg file. None of the formatting came through, and the jpg came through as an attachment (instead of in the the body of the email where it was placed). When I tried to open the jpg, by clicking on "1 Attachment", I got an error stating that it is an unrecognized file type and cannot be opened.
So it appears that the upgrade took 1 step forward and 3 backwards.
Anyone experience this, and if so, is there a fix, either now or in the works? Does RIM Support read these forums?
Telus Tech Support said that something is being done but they weren't too specific.
I have another upgrade-related question regarding Documents to Go, but I'll post that in a separate thread.
Message Edited by bwv565 on 12-16-2008 11:43 PM

hello,
about your Bluetooth problem, I suggest you one a new discussion on the decicated board called "BlackBerry Accessories". ou will find there experts about Bluetooth.
http://supportforums.blackberry.com/rim/board?board.id=accessories
about the third point : it usually takes a long time for the device to emerge after a battery pull. It's quite common, you can't do anything about it.
about the second point. In my opinion there at least one picture that is corrupted (or one index file).
in the folder containing that image, do you have many images ? Let's call that folder A.
I suggest you to move them one by one into another folder B, then scroll through the folder A.
it will certainly reset a few times, until at one point it wont' freeze, meaning the folder A does not contain the corrupted image anymore.
you then know that the last image moved from A to B is the culprit.
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