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microthick
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html emails within web template

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Hi,

Any suggestions for showing HTML e-mails on webpages so that they don't interfere with the rest of the page layout?

How do I sandbox the display so that HTML e-mails that contain faulty tables, or absolute positioning of CSS layers doesn't ruin the way my site look.

Am I left to just filtering out any code I think might be harmful to my look and feel?

Using iframes is not an option.
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pop ups?
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Ahh, pop ups. :(

Any idea how web based email works this?
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Post by m3mn0n »

What's wrong with iframes?
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iframes are microsoft-friendly only.
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Post by m3rajk »

nope
iframes were developed by microsoft during html 3.0, unlike the toher microsoft add ons, iframes was found useful enough that it was adpted by the w3c, thus becoming a standard. in html 4 and up it's there. mozilla, opera, pretty much anything but netscape 4.x that's in use will handle it.
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m3rajk wrote:nope
iframes were developed by microsoft during html 3.0, unlike the toher microsoft add ons, iframes was found useful enough that it was adpted by the w3c, thus becoming a standard. in html 4 and up it's there. mozilla, opera, pretty much anything but netscape 4.x that's in use will handle it.
ahh, i stand corrected.
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