On Sun, 2 Jan 2000 16:51:56, Dale Mentzer wrote:
> On 2 Jan 00 at 18:43, J. J. Young wrote:
<snip>
>>> Part of my problem with the mail digest is dealing with HTML format
>>> messages, which contributors ARE asked to avoid. It makes the files more
>>> tiring to deal with.
> I hate that HTML stuff too. I don't think a lot of folks who use
> email programs with that option are even aware they are sending them.
Another problem with mail programs that convert ascii text to HTML is that
high ascii characters, needed for correspondence in "foreign" languages,
are not rendered and displayed properly as a result of the HTML conversion.
Sam Heywood
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