using mutt to send html mail

[Kevin Coyner <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah I know it sounds funny to even bring this up as a topic.  I've
been using mutt for several years and haven't missed html mail for
even a second.

But, I have a client that wants to send html (with images) emails
to his customers, and wants me to send them.

So the question is, can I use mutt?

Here's what I've tried:

1.  Compose, outside of mutt, a simple html file with some sample
colored text, etc.  Also include in this an image.

2.  Open mutt, start composing message, leave body empty.

3.  Attach the simple html file that I created in step 1.

4.  Highlight the html file and toggle it from A (attached) to I
(inline) with ^D.

5.  Attach the image that has an 'img src' tag in the html file from
step 1.

6.  Send.

Using gmail on the receiving end, the procedure above does work to
an extent.  The email does show the colored fonts, etc.  But the
image always shows up as a separate attachment.  I haven't been able
to get it to show up in the body of the html message.  Note that
I've tried toggling the image with ^D to both inline and attachment.

Would appreciate any thoughts.

I tried using Evolution for this, but unfortunately it does not let
you hard code the selection of a font face into the message.  And I
just can't bring myself to using OE for this task, even though it
might just do the job.

Thanks.

Kevin