emailing snippets of html code

[swedeheart]

Is there some kind of embedding/recoding/conversion you can do to safely send a snippet of html code in an email? I tried it once and it messed my email account up totally, so I tried it once again a few months later just to be sure ha ha and the same thing happened all over again.

I know there are code converters you can use if you want to post code to a blog. If you don't convert it, the blog will think you're trying to order it to perform the commands in the code, when in fact you were just trying to post a piece of code for the benefit of your readers. Is there some kind of similar conversion trick for emailing snippets of code without causing your entire email function to have a nervous breakdown?

[squarebear]

Personally, I would put it in a text file and send that as an attachment.

[swedeheart]

'Text file' as in a Word document? I didn't think that would be any good, cos I've read it is *not* a good idea to prepare (Blogger) blog posts in Word to later paste them into Blogger - Blogger and Word are not compatible or whatchamacallit. And the code I would be posting would be for use in Blogger. But I guess maybe if I send it as a Word attachment to the email, and my friend whom I'm helping pastes it into her Notepad before pasting it into her Blogger, that might work...? Yep, worth a try! Thanks squarebear, you are a kind bear:)

[squarebear]

Sorry, by text document I just meant a plain .txt file created in Notepad.

Open Notepad
Cut and paste yrou HTML
Save file as sample.txt (or whatever)

No need for Word.

[swedeheart]

Oh great - that should definitely work! I use Notepad as a desktop "washing machine" only and I'd forgotten it's possible to save those files. Thanks!