------------ Original Message ------------ > Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 22:29:30 +1100 > From: Voytek <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [k-9-mail] Re: HTML signature > > > > On 28 October 2014 9:17:40 pm AEDT, Seth H Holmes > <[email protected]> wrote: >> On October 27, 2014 2:28:55 PM EDT, Jean-Luc GARNIER >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi Seth, >>> >>> I get your point but cannot agree on your "ascii-fundamentalist" >>> declaration that "HTML has no place in your signature". I'm >>> living in 2014 and would really like to use all kind of >>> embellishment in my sig I have with other mail clients. I'd >>> like to put some bold text into it, use small fonts for contact >>> information, and maybe (oh, foolish) the logo of my company... >>> >>> Maybe 90% of this may look ridiculous to you, but ASCII is not a >>> great vector for communication in modern days... So I add once >>> again my voice to those who request K9 developers to provide >>> this (obviously optional) feature to K9-Mail. >> >> Maybe add some blinking red characters to get people's attention. > > +1 > > (sorry, can't help myself..) >
Something to consider are the resources used (and abused) by the sending of HTML messages. The HTML part of a simple text message is, on average, at least three times the size of the corresponding text part. When you add in embedded graphics, they can become absolutely huge. Even if the recipient only reads the text part on a multi-part message, they still pay for the transport and storage of the (generally unnecessary) HTML side. What's important is the "message" not the "medium". Personally, I find HTML signatures especially annoying as they often do include embedded graphics, and add nothing to the "message". So, when using HTML in email in general and especially in signatures -- please think of the recipient's costs (this is a list for a *mobile* device client after all, and carriers do charge by the MB). I've never been a supporter of "sender pays" for email, but HTML signatures make a good case for it. - Richard -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the K-9 Mail Users List. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, email [email protected] To report an issue with K-9 Mail, visit http://code.google.com/p/k9mail/issues/list For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/k-9-mail --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "K-9 Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
