On October 28, 2014 8:03:56 AM EDT, Richard <[email protected]> wrote: > > >------------ 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
+1 -- Seth H Holmes Sent from my Nexus 7 with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- -- 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.
