I am looking to send out an email to all of my contacts (all legit, subscribed recipients) and have the following questions: What is the best way to send an email with images so it doesn’t get stuck in spam filter? should it be coded to pull images from the web, or as attachments? I want to send an email with two images and copy. Is it best to lay it out in software and make the whole communication one image? or have the two images inserted, and plain text around it? Thanks guys.
1) Send it to people who know how to run spam filters and don't block your emails. You asked for the best way, and that's to not send emails to people who won't receive them. The best practical way? It depends on the spam blocker. If it blocks on content, and images are one of the things it blocks, you can't. If it blocks on the extension of the attachment, rename it to *.txt. (That could get you completely blocked for all emails, though.) 2) That depends on the content, not whether you're sending it as email.
Thanks for the input Rukbat, I guess I should be asking for the most widely accepted way to send these emails. I realize that they will not get to everyone on the list, but I just want to make sure that it reaches the maximum number of people who would like to see it. When you code them into HTML, do they need to be hosted on a server? will those be accept better than embedding it into the email as an attachment?
The most widely accepted way to send your emails is by using a gmail account. Gmail gets accepted by all major ISP's (not automatically whitelisted though), That's one of the main reasons you see more and more marketers using gmail!
If you post the images on a server and email the link, it will pass almost all spam filters. Spam filters don't usually block links. (Some company policies may block links too, though.) If you attach the image as a file it'll be stopped by more spam filters. Many spam filters don't filter based on the From: email address at all. so sending from gmail won't help.
As a general rule of thumb, its best that the images are on a server (keeps the email light, and passes spam filters better). But you should create a webpage that is a copy of this email, and make sure you have text & a link at the bottom of the email that says, "If you cannot view this email, please click on this link." Don't forget that some people dis-allow images and other companies block them. Therefore your most important information shouldn't be in images anyway. Having a website page that duplicates your email, ensures that anyone who does get your email and can't see it properly CAN view it if they are interested.