J. Andrew Rogers wrote:
Hi Mark,
Could you *please* not send HTML email? Ignoring that it is generally
considered poor netiquette, and for good reason, it frequently gets
turned into barely readable hash by even the most modern email clients.
I am using Mail.app 2.0 on OSX 10.5 which handles rendering better
than most, and most HTML email is *still* generally rendered as far
uglier and less readable than plaintext email. Given that HTML email
does not add anything substantive could we please stick to plaintext
for the sake of communication?
Thanks,
J. Andrew Rogers
On Mar 26, 2008, at 11:37 AM, Mark Waser wrote:
Before swatting at one of those pesky flies that come out as the days
lengthen and the temperature rises, one should probably think twice.
A University of Missouri researcher has found, through the study of
Drosophila (a type of fruit fly), that by manipulating levels of
certain compounds associated with the "circuitry" of the brain, key
genes related to memory can be isolated and tested. The results of
the study may benefit human patients suffering from Parkinson's
disease and could eventually lead to discoveries in the treatment of
depression.
http://www.machineslikeus.com/cms/news/flys-small-brain-may-benefit-humans
Mark
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I suspect that he's using a webmail client of some sort. The body of
his message is, essentially, text. It's only a couple of buttons(?) in
the footer that are clearly intentionally html, and he probably doesn't
add them. So my guess is that his mail client is wrapping his e-mail in
an html frame of some sort and sticking, probably, advertisements at the
bottom. (I screen remote images out of e-mail, so I don't really know.
This is the part I'm talking about:
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That said, I agree with you about it's inadvisability. But often the sender
isn't even aware of what impression he is making.
I've given up on refusing to accept html e-mail. Too many people don't even
know what you're talking about. But I definitely won't accept remote images or
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