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Embed pdf in an email

  • 10-11-2011 8:33pm
    #1
    thecelt
    Registered Users Posts: 411 ✭✭


    I have been doing news letters for a community group,
    they had wanted them as pdfs.

    I have now been asked if I could create an ezine,
    Is there anyway i can embed the pdf in an email instead of attaching it?
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  • #2
    Malice
    Registered Users Posts: 15,065 ✭✭✭✭Malice


    Can you send a HTML-format e-mail instead? For file size reasons alone I'd imagine bulk sending of PDFs would be completely impractical.


  • #3
    thecelt
    Registered Users Posts: 411 ✭✭thecelt


    I would prefer if I could just embed the pdf,
    but if there was an easy way to send it as a html email, i might do that,
    but google isnt being my friend!


  • #4
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 38,807 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    I've never heard of a PDF embedded into an email - do you mean attached?
    Anyhow, I would imaging that most email clients will not display an embedded PDF.
    Also a received email is read only so there is no benefit to using something like PDF.

    HTML formatted emails would be the industry norm.


  • #5
    tricky D
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,700 ✭✭✭tricky D


    PDF is a total non-starter. I have never heard of it also.

    So many emails with rich content are getting that content stripped and/or blocked. Even using more than 1 image per email is less than ideal.

    General rule is to keep it as simple as possible, really really simple and link out to any content which is more than basic.


  • #6
    AnCatDubh
    Registered Users Posts: 6,392 ✭✭✭AnCatDubh


    As others have said, I don't think there's a solution to have your email simply being a pdf rather than your email having a pdf attachment. I'm guessing if you used a pdf to html converter or output directly to html from your source application that you'd be able to do something along the lines of what you seek - this, simply by sending html mail. But, it won't be exactly the same. Also remember, that not all recipients mail readers will accept html mail, and thus for completeness you should look into how to provide for a text only version also.

    Have you had a look at mailchimp which is kinda email marketing? They have a free level of service which might suit if your numbers are smallish.


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  • #7
    Fanny Cradock
    Registered Users Posts: 10,245 ✭✭✭✭Fanny Cradock


    It really depends on your circumstances (for example, how many clients you are sending out to and what image you want to present), but generally I would think that sending a PDF "newsletter" is a very bad idea.

    You should check out a mail service like Campaign Monitor (CM), which I'd pick over Mail Chimp (MC). The reporting they provide is fantastic. You have 4 options with a service like CM or MC -

    1) Code a newsletter yourself - this can be difficult especially with horrendous mail clients like Outlook 2007
    2) Pay a pro to design and code it (this might cost in and around €150 or more)
    3) Use the newsletter builder tool (not sure how good this is)
    4) Buy a template from somebody who knows what they are at.

    Be aware that there are numerous mail clients out there (Gmail, Outlook 2003, 2007, Express, Yahoo, Hotmail, handhelds etc.) and that if you don't code correctly your newsletter wont work correctly. CMinsists that you provide a link to a webversion of your newsletter just in case.


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