On 6/3/04 11:50 AM, "Peter C.S. Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 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.
> ...
> 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?

Some people top post, others bottom post, some edit, some quote a whole
digest... You get the point. The point of the email is readability, and that
depends more on the thoughtfulness of the author than on the use of HTML or
plain text. Fortunately, we are on an Entourage list and we have the luxury
of one of the best email clients, so we have the advantage of being able to
send and view compact, formatted, and non-bloated HTML email.

The fact that in the year 2004, more than 20 years after the start of the
home computer "revolution", many email clients cannot send and/or receive
proper HTML email and some list software cannot handle it, is really quite a
reflection on how advanced (or not) computing really is.
-- 
Bruce
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B R U C E  K.   klutch-at-erols.com


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