Creating Multi-Media E-mails

Most modern e-mail clients have the capability of displaying formatted HTML messages. Many organizations now prefer to send HTML messages because they provide a richer viewing experience for the recipient. For example, a HTML message might incorporate an organization's logo and format the message's text so that it adheres to the organization's style preferences (font face, heading colors).

In the following example, HTML is used as the multi-media content. However, there is no intention to teach you HMTL (if you do not already know it), so the HTML is supplied for you.

The application you will now write is a typical example of an application an organization might use to send a marketing or informational e-mail to customers ...

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