Scott and Paul are both right. The days are gone when HTML email was a
kludgy hack that was unacceptable to an email professional. Done right, HTML
is perfectly fine for most uses.
Paul Berkowitz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Noodles. Mailing lists that have a bunch of old diehards still using email
> programs dating from 1773 that not only can't read HTML but can't even read
> the "alternative" plain text which Entourage always includes with HTML are
> one thing.
By "noodles," I assume Paul meant using HTML on the Entourage list would
cause no problems, since one could be reasonably certain everyone was using
Entourage to send and receive the mail. Not all email programs are as
thoughtful as Entourage when it comes to providing plain text alternatives;
certain programs which shall remain nameless not only ENFORCE their use of
HTML, but add binary attachments, as well!
Scott Haneda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think it has a lot less to do with diehards and a lot more to do with two
> other issues at hand. The mail lists in which they mandate plain text are
> usually heavy use lists, they get a lot of back and forth on one thread.
> After one reply, the quoting/indenting that goes in in HTML gets to be
> pretty confusing to me at least.
As a listowner who mandates plain text, I can tell you that it's a wild and
wacky world out there. When you have some expectation that everyone is using
a capable and well behaved program, it's one thing, but letting any old
email program pass any old HTML code through your mail server is a very bad
idea. Badly coded emails can wreak havoc on a digest, for instance.
Scott's complaint that HTML emails get really confusing with multiple quote
levels has merit, but the same can be said for plain text. Why can't people
learn to EDIT OUT unnecessary quoted material from their replies?
peter
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