On te mac it doesn't matter so much although depending on te messages, plain text can be easier to read. In windows, it is possible to lodge a worm in an email message. plain text kills them.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Justin Harford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 7:38 PM Subject: Emails in plaintext vs rich text, was Re: Discuss Digest, Vol 40,Issue 23 Hi I have had people tell me this before, that they prefer to read plaintext emails instead of rich text, but I have never managed to get one of them to explain why. Could you tell me? Regards Justin Harford Into this wild abyss, the weary fiend stood on the brink of hell and looked awhile, pondering his voyage John Milton Paradise Lost On Sep 30, 2008, at 3:06 PM, Jim Stevenson wrote: > What was the original subject of this post? > > Do you know of any way to filter email by subject when the usual > subject line > contains only a digest number? > > This is why it helps those of us who need to sort email at work, > to use the original subject line, > as long as it remains relevant, > instead of the digest number, which tells little. > Using digest as a subject kills my ability to sort and read by > subject! > > -- > > If you must quote me, please put your comments first. > I have already listened to mine. > > I read email with speech. > So it is not possible to scroll past the quotes without listening to > them again, > to quickly get to the new information. > > > Thanks much again as always. > > > -- > > Please answer in plain text, not mime attached html. > > Thanks much again as always. > Jim >
