Everyone is missing the point that the message I was responding to, which
was pointing out the rule, was in HTML format.

Don't use digest mode...

Darin.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rod Dorman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 5:04 PM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Proper etiquette when posting to the IMail Forum


On Thursday, June 15, 2006, 18:29:31, Darin Cox wrote:
> Tripp Allen wrote:
>> 8. Do not post in html format. This size of a message in HTML is a
>> lot larger than that of plain text. This is a problem for those on
>> dial-up and those with PDAs. It also makes it difficult for digest
>> users.
>
> I do think #8 might be a bit dated.  With plenty of bandwidth, and
> today's capabilities (the PDA's I've used download and display the
> messages just fine), HTML should be fine.  Case in point, this message
> was HTML to allow bolding of #5, so there is significant benefit to
> draw attention to important items and for other simple formatting.

Change your subscription to digest mode and see if you still think HTML
is OK.

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