On Sat, 29 Jun 2002 10:47:32 -0700, Paul Berkowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 6/29/02 10:19 AM, "Domains4Days.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The last time I checked, the general consensus on sending out a e-mail in >> HTML format was that it was not widely accepted at that time (... a year or >> so ago ). It was stated that many " average " users did not have their >> e-mail programs set to receive HTML mail, so therefore the client would not >> read it correctly, so it was generally decided that the " safest " way ago >> was to send plain, non HTML e-mails. >> >> So, once again the I'm taking a quick survey. does anybody feel that it's OK >> to send out HTML mail to " the average e-mail client "? Does anybody think >> that most people have their e-mail clients set to receive HTML? > > Entourage sends all HTML mail as "multipart/alternative" and always has > done. That means that if the recipient has an email reader that doesn't read > HTML e.g. Claris Emailer on the Mac, Outlook 97 on Windows) it will appear > there in plaintext, no tags. That's not entirely true. A mail program has to be designed to view the text/plain MIME part and exclude all else. If it's not designed in such a manner, it will show both parts. Thankfully, this is growing increasingly rare. The most notorious example of an entirely MIME-stupid mail client is AOL 5 and earlier. -- Adam Bailey | Chicago, Illinois [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Finger/Web for PGP [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.lull.org/adam/ -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
