Quoth Mark Harris at 01/31/07 12:01...
Michael MD wrote:
That might be fine for webmail accounts where you are using a web
browser but what about desktop email clients?
(yes Outlook/Outlook Express use IE to render html.. but what about
others?.. can you be sure everyone's email client can even render
tables?.... maybe I might be seen as old fashioned in this regard... but
for email I prefer PLAIN TEXT - at least you can be sure everything can
read that!)
I second that emotion!
I think that the best practice is to only send HTML emails if the
recipient consents to it.
Personally, I would say that the only thing that belongs in an e-mail is
plain text (no virii, no waiting for graphics, no inline graphics that
are so helpful to spammers, no distracting colours, etc...), but at very
least give the recipient the choice.
I am on several mailing lists with large corporations (mostly electronic
component manufacturers), and nearly all of them present the mail format
option on sign-up. Good on 'em.
M
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