on 11/02/05 08:57 'mark' wrote:
Randomthots wrote:
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What *I* get annoyed at is the attitude that just because some people
in the world pay for Internet by the byte, that it's somehow wrong in
principle to *ever* use technology like html e-mail. What if I want
to send a nicely formatted message -- complete with pictures of the
kids -- to my sister in Washington? We both have fast,
all-you-can-eat access, decent computers, and up-to-date technology.
Hey, great way to spread viruses and worms! Go for it! Of course,
unless I know the person sending me the email, and they tell me what
the picture is, I won't even look at a graphic - most damn spams are
HTML, and (unless you've got your mailtool set to deny), will d/l a
picture, or a worm, from a Website....
To be blunt, I don't give a s**t what it looks like, what I care about
is what you have to *say*. All style and no content is the definition
of vapid and shallow.
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mark "all* my email is ascii plaintext"
Yikes, mark - what got your undies in a bundle? Just because a rather
Luddite approach to e-mail formatting is right for you, don't presume
that it is right to everyone.
I, too, prefer to be able to include a bit of HTML formatting in *some*
e-mail messages. Sometimes, a bit of style can carry the content's
intended meaning much more easily than a clumsy smiley. Also, a number
of the e-mail newsletters I receive are formatted to resemble the Web
pages that spawned them. A nice bit of brand bundling that actually
makes the messages easier to read.
SJK
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