Sending Complex HTML emails with MAIL

Hi Mr. X!
I was just wondering if this script will allow also windows users to view the HTML email created in Apple Mail too? I have had problems copy and pasting webpages from Safari to the body of an Apple Mail email and sending them to windows users. What do you think?

thanks!
mm

Thanks Mr. X!
That's great!
The problem we are experiencing is, when we tried the script and used CNN's home page as a test, everything looked great in Outlook on the window users PC. It actually looked better than the actual website. But when we tried to click on the links, Outlook for PC wanted us to "Locate Link Browser". What ever that means?!?

None of the links worked to the underlined text. The links to the images worked. But nothing else. What do you think is happening?!?

Thanks!
mm

<TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="0" BGCOLOR="#EEEEEE"> <TR> <TD VALIGN="TOP"> Hello mm,

I am afraid that you have missed the intent of the AppleScript.
The script is written so that a person can construct their own HTML page in the correct fashion so that it can then be sent as an HTML email.
Above I outlined some of the do's and don'ts for Linda Chiu.
I am actually surprised that your test with the CNN site rendered correctly in any email client.
Here is a link that may help you in using the AppleScript. Adobe GoLive & HTML Email

Tom</TD> </TR> </TABLE>

I'm not entirely sure if this is the right place to post this inane query. working through the process outlined for sending complex emails, I've run up against a problem of naming the images with the complete URL: OSX won't allow me use :s and /s within the name.
I'm sure there's a really simple answer...
I've downloaded the script that seems to work well but just need to get this problem sorted out
Thanks
Bruce

I can't answer to your question, but for your information OSX does allow to use ":s" or "/s" in the name of the file. Specifically: you can enter a "/" in the Mac-path of a file (for instance, in Finder, or in a colon-separated path in AppleScript.) The underlying UNIX system will convert that "/" into ":" - a casual character for UNIX. You cannot enter a ":" in a Mac-path, like you cannot enter a "/" in a UNIX path.

Look:
tell application "Finder" to set x to selection as alias
-- alias "emmanuel's hd30:Users:emmanuel:Desktop:test/file"

POSIX path of x
-- "/Users/emmanuel/Desktop/test:file"

Emmanuel

Thanks emmauel but its a bit beyond an oaf like me. If this involves writing a script i haven't a clue where to start
Bruce

Thanks to Andreas for posting this script. I switched from Netscape Communicator to Mail and this was the primary feature missing for me. I send out a newsletter which I compose in Dramweaver and host on a server. But, I was unable to directly past the newsletter into a mail message.

Once I found your script I was able to get this running in minutes, even though I had never used AppleScript before.

This message board was a fantastic help!!!!!

Andreas

Months later...

Thank you for the script.

ThanX So much for the Script you all saved me a lot of time and have taught a few Mac Gods (some friends of mine) a new trick.

Sorry for a question about such an old thread. But...

I am having a bit of trouble with the script. When run it it will immediately tell me to enter the recipients before running the script. Well. I have done that. I created a new e-mail in Mail. I added recipients in 'To' and in 'CC'. But it still asks me to enter recipients.

What is odd is that it worked fine the first time I used it and quit immediately afterward.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

Do you have any idea why this script would work only once. The second time it asks for me to list recipients (which I have already done) and won't go any farther.

the problem resolves itslef if I download the script again. The first time I run it works great. After that it seems to self-destruct.

Thanks for your help from this dusty thread.

This script worked great yesterday, but today, when I open a new mail in Mail, put a recipient in the 'to' area and then go to 'send complex HTML email' under the scripts menu I get an error message that says - 'please enter the recipients before running this script'.

Anyone else had this problem? Any thoughts?
Alex

Andreas, wow, that's a great script! Thanks so much!

Tom, thanks so much for putting it in a link. Very helpful! Thanks.