> ...
> >haven't we evolved to have something better than ASCII text?!?!?
> ...
> >[let the FLAME WAR begin!!!]

no use for flame wars. I too like nicely presented content, and there is (IN
PRINCIPLE!) not *one* thing to be said against dynamic content in emails!!! 
but not in the stupidest possible way....
a mail client that not only opens dynamic content automatically, but also
exposes sensitive info (address book) *and* the ability to send out mails to
this code
without even asking (and as "standard" feature), and all this on an OS
without a privilege system and 
security holes as big as barn doors.... you can't even say these are really
security "holes" -
you cannot mend them, the design is based on the wrong paradigma (single
user/access all)
question: do you happily use a lot of activeX components from remote
untrusted
websites or do you prefer applets that execute in a "sandbox" and under the
eyes
of a security manager?  see....

and this finally brings us back to JAVA, which was designed primarily with
security considerations in mind.
that's one of the reasons why I like it, may C++ code be faster.... ;o)

cheers

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