------------ Original Message ------------ > Date: Thursday, October 15, 2015 17:13:14 -0500 > From: Philip <[email protected]> > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Richard Sent: Thursday, 15 October 2015 11:57 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [k-9-mail] Rich Text > >> I don't send html (aka "rich text") messages > > Rich Text (RTF) is NOT the same thing as HTML. > > Rich Text is a Microsoft proprietary encoding, and has > traditionally been used as the default format for saving documents > in Microsoft Office. It works well in corporate environments, > where the IT estate is managed centrally, but does not work well > on the internet due to its proprietary nature. > > HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) is an open standard, designed > for implementing web pages. > > Neither has any place whatsoever in emails, and I wish that K-9 > did not render (or permit composition) in either of these formats. > -- > Philip
I understand the difference but believe that the original poster, while using the term "rich text" really meant "html" (their response to my followup would seem to support that). You don't get "rich text" (tm) in any messaging environment save something from m$. My "html (aka "rich text")" line should probably have been "html (often referred to as "rich text")". While I agree that html or rich text doesn't belong in email, some people seem think it has value, so I don't have a huge problem with an email client rendering it -- but there really should be a user-settable option on which part, text vs. html, of a message should be rendered as the default. That K-9 doesn't is my biggest complaint. -- -- 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.
