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email stationary, how did they do this to me? 1

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sharkey01

sharkey01

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Oct 10, 2008
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Hi All

This may not be in the right forum, please point me in the right direction if I am wrong.

I had some email stationary designed for me 12 months ago and have been using it fine when all of a sudden it started coming up with "stationary expired" all over it. The problem is that I never agreed foe a licence, just a one off purchase and now I can't use it. My concern is, how did they make it expire? have they hacked into my PC or can you put expiry dates into things like this, also I am concerned that they now have me "over a barrel" and I could renew and this thing keeps expiring and they may not be always around to reactivate.

I have copied the source (see below) don't know if this gives the information. Hope someone can shed some light.

Regards

Chris

PS: I have changed references to live web links.

<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-gb">
<style>
<!--
div.Section1
{page:Section1;}
-->
</style>

<meta name="Microsoft Border" content="none, default">
<body topmargin="0" leftmargin="5">

<p></p>

<p></p>

<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"></p>

<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"></p>

<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" id="table1">
<tr>
<td style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt" valign="top">
<img border="0" src=" width="229" height="46"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt" valign="top" bgcolor="#231F20">
<a href=" <img border="0" src=" width="635" height="46"></a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt" valign="top">
<img border="0" src=" width="229" height="4"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt" valign="top" height="225">
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt" valign="top">
<p align="center">
<img border="0" src=" width="635" height="54"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt" valign="top" bgcolor="#231F20">
<p align="center">
<map name="FPMap0">
<area href=" shape="rect" coords="69, 7, 163, 67">
<area href=" shape="rect" coords="173, 8, 264, 66">
<area href=" shape="rect" coords="276, 8, 366, 67">
<area href=" shape="rect" coords="377, 7, 469, 67">
<area href=" shape="rect" coords="483, 7, 573, 66">
</map>
<img border="0" src=" width="635" height="76" usemap="#FPMap0"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" align="left">
<a href="<img border="0" src=" width="172" height="20"></a></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" align="left">&nbsp;</p>
 
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The gif links in the above code are dead.

If your stationary had gifs in it that were hosted by the people who made your stationary, then if they stop hosting the images, the statioanry doesn't work.

If you have a copy of it (the images still in your cache) you could host them somewhere, change the links in the code to point to the new place for the images and see what happens.

 
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Hi

I have copies in my "sent box" in outlook, do you think I could retrieve it from there, alos how would I go about hosting the stationary.

Sorry for asking what are probably simple questions but I realy don't have a clue on this.

BTW I did not sign a contract that is why I am annoyed on this.

Regards
 
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I'm assuming you have web space in which to throw something.

Put the images in Web space and note the addresses.

Change the addresses in the code.

I'm assuming the links for the image map were changed and you can change them back.

Don't look to me to tell you if you are violating copyright or anything else. If it was work for hire maybe it is your product to do with what you will. Maybe it isn't.
 
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If you believe that you have actually bought the stationery, rather than leased it, email the suppliers and ask for the images. You can host them on your own machine using IIS (Windows) or Apache.

My guess (as your stationery comes up as 'expired') is that you have leased the design, or just had a trial period.

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[smile] Quite so Dan

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Its seems I have been had, I have tried phoning and left a message, I have emailed and await a response.

Would it be normal practice for someone else to host my stationary? after all, they are my pictures & logos that I supplied and it is just a mini version of my home page. My worry is, what happens if they go out of business or decide to charge me an extortionate amount.

Like I said, I have emails with the template design in my sent box it seems to only expire any new emails.

Is there any documents or sites that would guide me through using maybe Apachie or IIS (whatever they may be)
 
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You don't need to learn Apache or some server language to throw a couple of images into Web space.

If you have a home page, put the images whereever you host your home page.
 
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First, your template is broken anyway in a number of different ways:

E-mail clients that is text only don't support HTML. While many do, most have modes to show only the text only or HTML and there is no way to tell which your reciepnts are using.

Some people tell their e-mail clients to block external images for security and privacy reasons, so hosting them online and not sending them as part of the e-mail will exclude many others from seeing your stationary.

HTML and images are extra bandwidth to presumably simple messages. Web mail providers have caps on the size of a message and will bounce things that over that cap, if your stationary is adequately optimized sending as attachments to solve the previously mentioned problem might cause issues for people.

HTML and images are extra bandwidth which means it more to download. While broadband penetration is constantly growing, there are people who refuse to upgrade or unable to get broadband in their area at a rate they are willing to pay. E-mail messages are generally small in size (even if they are longer messages), but images and HTML is extra over head that may annoy whoever you're mailing.

My suggestion: send text only e-mails with short professional text signature. Leave the HTML for the websites.

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My suggestion: send text only e-mails with short professional text signature. Leave the HTML for the websites.
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My suggestion: get a decent email client!

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"If a shortcut was meant to be easy, it wouldn't be a shortcut, it would be the way!
 
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My suggestion: get a decent email client!
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I have a decent email client. Like many others my decent client allows me to send and receive only in text if I so choose, which I do.

I don't like emails that "phone home" and confirm to the sender that they have been opened and received when the image call they make shows up in the sender's server logs.

Despite trying to help sharkey, I concur with jstreich's sentiments.
 
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I don't like emails that "phone home" and confirm to the sender that they have been opened and received when the image call they make shows up in the sender's server logs.
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Do you have big problem with people sending you these emails?

We hardly get any like that, and the ones we do are quickly banned.

Seems a shame that you prefer to run your email in BC mode due to a few spammers.

Where as I like rich content emails, as do most of the people I know.

Oh well horses for courses I guess.

"In complete darkness we are all the same, only our knowledge and wisdom separates us, don't let your eyes deceive you."

"If a shortcut was meant to be easy, it wouldn't be a shortcut, it would be the way!
 
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I have had my stationary running for a year with only positive comments, however, I would not hear from the people whos email client has blocked them would I. Is it common for clients to block html or do they just not show the images?

I have no call back or tracking facility, just links to my web page from the images.

intresting to hear the comments regarding bandwidth though, would this type of email stationary likely to be blocked and would any anti virus software block it?

Interseting.

Thanks for your views,
 
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Where as I like rich content emails, as do most of the people I know
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My guess is you would prefer plain text if you were in a hurry and looking at things on my cell phone, but as you say, different horses.

Cheers.
 
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My guess is you would prefer plain text if you were in a hurry and looking at things on my cell phone, but as you say, different horses.
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I don't do mobile phones, self impossed tracking device!



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"If a shortcut was meant to be easy, it wouldn't be a shortcut, it would be the way!
 
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