> I don't think it works quite that way. If your mail program supports
> HTML, it should have tools that you can use to format your e-mails. If
> you use these tools and send a formatted e-mail to someone whose mail
> program only reads plain text, then the formatting you did won't show.
> Just the text. But then, I could be wrong too.
>
> Sometimes a little knowledge can be a killer.

I think Lee mentioned this a few emails back. Email agents regularly send
multipart emails with both html and plaintext. This is highly frowned upon
by email admins as it merely clogs up the net with useless information.

If I thought the world would actually listen, I'd be with Lee on sending
HTML only when there's a need for it, which nearly always means internal
email on your LAN. In fact, HTML is the wrong word, 'formatted' would be
better.

As it is, a HTML email is a great way to recognise a spam mail and makes
it easy for me to hit the delete key without having to think.

Hen


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