On 11 May 2009, at 07:07, Harry wrote:
I agree that security is worthy concern, but I expect that it's
something
that only relatively technical users think about. For most people, I
think
having to click a link to see images is just a "strange" extra step
that
many don't bother doing. (I'm guessing.)
Other reasons I've encountered for people rejecting HTML mail include:
* legibility (this is the reason I read text parts by default)
* accessibility.
* primitive spam detection (I've met a couple of folk who bin it
automatically coz most is spam/marketing.)
* ability to read off-line
Email is stuck in the dark ages.
Sometimes I think that. More often I think e-mail is really very, very
good at what it does do - and a lot of folk are trying to use it for
something that it's unsuitable for :-)
Cheers,
Adrian
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