At 1:47 PM +0000 7/18/2010, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote:
As to whether a techie should worry about HTML mail in terms of IP
cost and the strain on computer systems if you are teching for other
low enders be realistic, is the grief you are getting worth the grief
you are getting? IOW is it paying off?
Paying off... well, let's see...
A few seconds of the poster's time vs:
Several minutes of my time and technical expertise.
The time of the 1700+ recipients to download the 145% larger messages.
The time of the 1700+ recipients to wade thru the noise to find the signal.
The $$$$ of the recipients that are on metered services.
Sorry, this is just a no-brainer to me. Wading thru badly formatted
messages takes ALL the fun out of helping and learning on lists like
this. And making this type of change to so large an audience, that
would have *financial impact* on some of them is unconscionable --
especially when the point of doing so is to facilitate poster
laziness.
- Dan.
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