im not trying to build a website though!!!!

web site, web page, mail-shot, it's all .html, unless you want to get complicated and start using .asp, .php, ++c. ect

ok, got it...

here's an easy to follow tutorial, enjoy,
http://www.anandgraves.com/html-email-guide#software_htmlemail

just read a few lines and you will see why everyone is giving you conflicting information, a client asked me to make a rich text/.html mail-shot for him so i pointed him at this site, he dropped the subject.
i thought i had deleted that link, i found it while looking for another link................ damn, now i forgot what i was looking for