[Hidden-tech] controlling look of emails...

[Charlie Heath]

This depends a lot on your web host / email provider and what tools or 
framework you used to develop your website.

Most shared hosts put a limit on the number of outbound emails you can 
send per hour in order to avoid having their server blacklisted.  
Depending on your particular hosting environment, you may find that it 
is difficult for you to have lists of more than 50 or so recipients 
reliably receive broadcast emails, and you your side, you need to make 
sure you comply with CANN-SPAM opt in and un-subscribe rules.

You should probably ask your site designer if they can advise what 
newsletters can be integrated with your website design and host.  If you 
have a Joomla! site, there are several extensions that let you design 
newsletters, manage lists, and send them out; you'll need to know your 
hosts limits.  If your site is CPanel hosted, there are usually a couple 
newsletter options.

Services like Constant Contact are attractive if you don't want to stay 
on top of the details and you want to minimize the chances of mistakes 
with your mailing list or your email hosting.

Charlie Heath
Town Websites
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