On Sun, Apr 22, 2007 at 09:37:19AM +0100, Andrew Black - lists wrote:
> David Cantrell wrote:
> >FWIW, Thunderbird DTRT, putting the URL in the status bar at the bottom 
> >of the window.  Of course, that it handles HTML at all is Hateful, as it 
> >panders to the hateful people who choose to use HTML mail.
> I think that "choose" is quite a strong word.  For what ever reason they 
> use the Email client that is put in front of them, probably the 
> corporate IT standard ...

That's exactly why I said "choose" and didn't just berate anyone who
sends the bloody stuff.  In this case, the person who chose to inflict
that email client on them and not train them in how to set it up
and use it properly is the Hateful one.

>     Or they use a hotmail account because that is the easiest way of 
> getting email that isn't tied to a particular machine.

If they value their own convenience over looking like a twat that's
their prerogative.  In this case, I'm afraid that the user has indeed
chosen to do it.

-- 
David Cantrell | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david

    "There's a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza."
    "WHAT MAKES YOU SAY THERE IS A HOLE IN YOUR BUCKET?"

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