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**Created:** [August 3, 2004, 10:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-emails-where-to-start/59719 "2004-08-03T10:31:05Z")\
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**Author:**  [@opel](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/opel)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2004, 10:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-emails-where-to-start/59719/1 "2004-08-03T10:31:05Z")
I’ve searched thorugh the posts on the forum but I’m totall confused as to how to send an HTML email.
I have a CSS/XHTML template that I want to use with different text. I then want to send it out through outlook express.
How do I do it?
Thanks
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**Author:**  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2004, 10:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-emails-where-to-start/59719/2 "2004-08-03T10:36:51Z")
It’s the same as making an HTML web page, all links and immages etc must use absolute referencing though
i.e
\< img src="[http://www.domain.com/images/image.jpg](http://www.domain.com/images/image.jpg) \>
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**Author:**  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2004, 10:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-emails-where-to-start/59719/3 "2004-08-03T10:40:34Z")
when I paste the html code into a “new mail” message it remains as text?
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**Author:**  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2004, 10:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-emails-where-to-start/59719/4 "2004-08-03T10:47:37Z")
[http://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+make+an+HTML+email&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&meta=](http://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+make+an+HTML+email&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&meta=)
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**Author:**  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2004, 11:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-emails-where-to-start/59719/5 "2004-08-03T11:01:42Z")
[size=3][font=Times New Roman]if you are using the new version of outlook it already has the function to send html code… Any way\\\[/font][/size][size=3][font=Times New Roman]open the html code in internet explorer and the from the edit menu of explorer click on select all or (CTRL+A) and the copy it. (CTRL+C) and go to ur out look express and click on new mail message and paste it on the stage. simple as that… \\[/font][/size]
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[left][size=3][font=Times New Roman]example : i copied this yahoo logo by pressing (CTRL+A) and just pasted it over here by (CTRL+v). \\[/font][/size][/left]
[](http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=129498s1g/M=236957.2969309.4301129.2926700/D=mail/S=150500004:HEAD5/EXP=1091615955/A=1453288/R=3/SIG=10n3m6b64/*http://mail.yahoo.com)
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**Author:**  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2004, 12:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-emails-where-to-start/59719/6 "2004-08-03T12:24:08Z")
that worked but because the page I designed is styled with CSS the page didnt style/format correctly.
Do I need to design the page with tables or can I attach the style sheet?
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**Author:**  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2004, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-emails-where-to-start/59719/7 "2004-08-03T16:50:15Z")
[font=Times New Roman][size=3]I am also interested to send out html emails,[/size][/font]
[font=Times New Roman][size=3]I was wondering if I could have my flash file included in the email too.[/size][/font]
[font=Times New Roman][size=3]Also, do I have to use outlook?[/size][/font]