Got the point, Richard, and your case is absolutely right. I do agree that HTML sig adds useless overhead to the message, but things being said, when your company requests you to add at least their logo in your signature, HTML comes in the way...
This is why I would love to have HTML sig as an option for some accounts and not the default setting. I just don't want to trigger any war between ASCIIst and HTMList, but would love K9 Mail to offer this option, which is even available in the stock email client... Thanks to the group for all your comments! Cordialement / Best regards, Jean-Luc GARNIER -----Message d'origine----- De : [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] De la part de Richard Envoyé : mardi 28 octobre 2014 13:04 À : [email protected] Objet : Re: [k-9-mail] Re: HTML signature ------------ 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 a topic in the Google Groups "K-9 Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/topic/k-9-mail/3Bzok0h6x6w/unsubscribe. To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- 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.
