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1 Jun 2009, 5:36 PM
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newsletter: PDF attachment

Hi,

I am looking forward to sending a PDF file attached to the newsletter.

Is there a simple way to do this ?

Thanks.

1 Jun 2009, 5:55 PM
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Re: newsletter: PDF attachment

NOT a good idea to send it as an "attachment", and besides, much additional coding would be required to facilitate this...

ALSO... if you're sending out a huge batch of e-mails, each one with a big PDF attached, you'll put a big strain on your mail server. It could take a minute or more to send each message. Some email programs may treat it as spam and block the email.

BETTER idea is:

Create your PDF and store it in a dedicated folder on your server.

Create your newsletter and put in a hyperlink to the pdf on your server...

So, if your PDF is in:

http://www.yourwebsite.com/pdf/sample1.pdf

Then the HTML code in your newsletter will be something like:

<a href="http://www.yourwebsite.com/pdf/sample1.pdf">See our Information PDF here</a>

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