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**Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\
**Created:** [March 19, 2018, 9:06am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/best-solution-for-creating-html-email/19264 "2018-03-19T09:06:00Z")\
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**Author:**  [@jeepke](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jeepke)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 9:06am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/best-solution-for-creating-html-email/19264/1 "2018-03-19T09:06:00Z")
Hi there. In the past i’m using MailDesigner to create html-emails to send and share with mailchimp.
At the moment Maildesigner is only available as a year-subscription. I’m now looking at different options and found “Email for Rapidweaver” by Joe Workman.
Has anyone an idea if i can also use Foundation for this ?? The email for rapidwaever looks like an simple copy of Foundation and i don’t want to spend extra money for something i already use. (bought Foundation)
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**Author:**  [@jochenabitz](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jochenabitz)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 9:15am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/best-solution-for-creating-html-email/19264/2 "2018-03-19T09:15:35Z")
You can not use Foundation for this, because HTML-Emails are using very limited code (back to the 90s). Email for Rapidweaver by Joe is based on Foundation for Emails for this reason. It is the best solution for creating HTML-Emails right now.
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**Author:**  [@Rovertek](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Rovertek)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 12:09pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/best-solution-for-creating-html-email/19264/3 "2018-03-19T12:09:59Z")
You may want to consider the free [Mailshot](https://www.doobox.co.uk/apps/app_demos/mailshot.html) application by Doobox. It’s a standalone app, but it generates code that can be easily integrated with RW or other software.
I use Mailshot for generating email templates for use within Sitelok.
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**Author:**  [@joeworkman](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/joeworkman)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 3:09pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/best-solution-for-creating-html-email/19264/4 "2018-03-19T15:09:26Z")
Email for RapidWeaver if completely different from Foundation. Obviously there are similarities in how they are used. I designed the Email stacks to look familiar to Foundation users so that is was a seamless transition for many users.
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**Author:**  [@Bazza](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Bazza)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 9:09am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/best-solution-for-creating-html-email/19264/5 "2018-03-20T09:09:10Z")
Worth mentioning that mailshot doesn’t work on El Capitan. Worth a try if you are on Sierra or higher. @willwood mentioned a free web based solution, which lies Iles good, but didn’t render as well for me in Serialmailer. Have yet to properly try Joe’s stacks in action, but they are great fun so far!
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**Author:**  [@peterdanckwerts](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/peterdanckwerts)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/best-solution-for-creating-html-email/19264/6 "2018-03-20T13:26:52Z")
Joe’s Email for Rapidweaver is very easy to use. I haven’t tried Mailshot.
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**Author:**  [@jeepke](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jeepke)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/best-solution-for-creating-html-email/19264/7 "2018-03-21T18:35:18Z")
Thanks for your comments. At the moment i’ve purchased “Dragon RED email Designer” for a cheap price (€27,00) and will give this app a try. It works almost the same as Maildesigner and is no subscription-base, has an export function for Mailchimp and looks not to complicated.
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**Author:**  [@joeworkman](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/joeworkman)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 7:08pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/best-solution-for-creating-html-email/19264/8 "2018-03-21T19:08:07Z")
I used RED for a while. I had hoped that it was going to be a great solution. It was far from that in my opinion, so I developed my Email stacks.
On a related note, Episode 3 of Weaver Radio shipped today and its all about email and newsletters.
> **[Weaver Radio | #3: All about Email and Newsletters](https://www.weaverradio.com/episodes/all-about-email-and-newsletters)**
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> In this episode Joe and Greg talk all about email and newsletters.
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**Author:**  [@jeepke](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jeepke)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 9:57pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/best-solution-for-creating-html-email/19264/9 "2018-03-21T21:57:05Z")
Thanks @joeworkman
I’ll give RED a try and maybe i will make the switch to Email-Stacks if they have a better price.
Maybe you give an discount to all switchers from other newsletter-builders??
Thanks for the Weaver-radio link. Will listen to the information in it.
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**Author:**  [@system](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 8:01am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/best-solution-for-creating-html-email/19264/10 "2018-04-21T08:01:36Z")
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