On 12/7/03 9:19 PM, "John C. Welch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 12/7/03 10:00 PM, "Entourage:mac Talk" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Perhaps if all email programs had agreed to adopt RTF for formatted text we >> could make a more clear-cut differentiation on how to treat those vs. HTML >> on a message-by-message basis. But many email programs, not just Entourage, >> use HTML for simple text formatting. > > What's needed is an email version of HTML, mayhaps EM-ML? A subset of HTML > that centers on basic text formatting. (I really should intro an RFC one of > these days) So you get things like proper link creation, > bold/italic/underline, fonts, alignment, sub/superscript, lists, fractions > and text colors. > > No, I don't see a need for background colors. Maybe horizontal rules. No > tables, (at that point, you may as well just use a word processor). I also > don't' think there's a need for embedded images. But there's a real need for > proper text formatting in emails. I think you are looking for text/enriched. Dan -- 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/>
