----- Original Message ----- From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 6:42 PM Subject: Re: "Under God" (Was Re: Tragedy in Israel)
> Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLWPD/RZO/BOZO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 6:43 AM > > Subject: RE: "Under God" (Was Re: Tragedy in Israel) > > > > > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > > > > Van: Robert Seeberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Verzonden: zondag 9 december 2001 23:37 > > > > Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Onderwerp: Re: "Under God" (Was Re: Tragedy in Israel) > > > > > > > Why shouldnt email evolve and gain new capabilities? > > > > Why should that be a problem? > > > > > > Well, you should see how it looks in the Digest... :-( > > > > > > Basically, you will see the text of a HTML message appear *twice*, plus > > > codes before, between and after them. > > > > > Then its time to upgrade the digest software! > > How old is that software anyway? > > > > xponent > > Net Improvement > > rob > > It's old. > > I think that when we asked about it a few years ago, we were told that > there WOULD be no later version for Cornell to upgrade to. > > There are all sorts of features that it would be nice to have. The list > came up with a wishlist of features we'd collectively like from the > listserver, and they just aren't going to materialize as long as we're > on Cornell's servers. > > (Personally, I think that HTML e-mail is a waste of bandwidth and disk > space, and while there's a lot more disk space available than there once > was, it still costs, so I'd prefer not to get any HTML e-mail until such > time as computer hardware is totally free. As in, never. :) > I kinda understand where you are coming from. But I would have to classify your position as static. What will email be like in the future? Does anyone seriously think that plaintext will survive much longer? I think we are going to see interesting changes in the next few years, especially in the overall quality of communication on the net. xponent rob
