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Kerry Needs Some Tech Help
I received an email from the Kerry campaign the other day, thanking me for my contribution. That's nice and I appreciate it, but can't we dump the HTML-based email? If you can't do that, then at least do it right, so that my HTML-aware text-based email client (yes, Pine) doesn't barf on it? You'd think these guys would try this kind of thing out before they blanket thousands of people with junky-looking email. Its so unprofessional that it embarrasses me to have given them money.
Here's what I see in Pine (email changes are mine):
From: John Kerry
Reply-To: John Kerry <[snip] (at) activate.johnkerry.com>
To: [snip]
Subject: A Big Thank You from John Kerry
Parts/Attachments:
1 OK ~49 lines Text
2 Shown ~94 lines Text
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BODY { FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana,arial,tahoma,helvetica;
color : #333333; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; }
TD { FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana,arial,tahoma,helvetica; color
: #333333; } h1, h2, h3, h4 { font-weight: bold; } h1 { font-size: 18px;
padding-bottom: 19px; } h2 { font-size: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px;
margin-bottom: 0px } h3 { font-size: 18px; padding-bottom: 19px; } h4 {
font-size: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px }
From the Desk of John Kerry
Dear ...,
This March, you broke every grassroots fundraising record in the book! In the past ten days alone, we've raised over $10.3 million dollars, and we're still counting. Thank you for your help in making our "$10 Million in 10 Days" campaign a huge success. I'm honored and humbled by your support, and I intend to continue to earn your trust every day -- now, and as your President.
[snip decent looking text]
Thanks for standing with me. I will continue to stand and fight for you every day.
Warm regards,
John Kerry
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The news is inded good news, of course. Hey Kerry, if you need help, drop me a line and we'll talk. Oh, and don't even get me started about the quality of their HTML...
Posted on March 29, 2004 12:58 AM
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