on 03/16/2001 10:44 AM, Pete Prodoehl at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>
> This is a two-pronged message ;)
>
> First, I'm wondering what modules (and/or reference sites) people have found
> useful for using perl to create html email.
MIME::Lite I believe, or the newer MIME::Lite::HTML (IIRC)
> Second, I'm looking for feedback (and/or reference sites) as to why html
> email is bad, including personal feedback from people. (offlist if you
> like.)
A> Microsoft started it. It's all their fault. [1]
B> Spam Spam Spam.
C> You increase some spammers hit counters even if you just peek at it.
(unless you do what *I* do, and use the "view source" option to look at
it, without actually OPENING it and enabling it to access it's parts over
the internet)
D> It takes much longer (i.e. it forces you to wait) to open and view the
text-content of an html e-mail than it does to view the text content of a
text e-mail. This is excessively annoying. If you're not sending a buttload
of html that warrants it, don't use HTML e-mail to send plain-text-only
messages.
E> It increases the size of a plain-text-only e-mail. Bandwidth is precious
enough as it is, with all the frigging mp3-trading idiots out there sucking
it up. I shudder to think of what people are going to be passing around once
the pipelines get even bigger. =:\
> Personally, I greatly dislike html email, for oh-so-many reasons, but I'd
> like to hear from others as well.
[1] I would love to have been at that M$ board meeting where some bright
young and incredibly stupid software engineer proposed adding
html-capabilities to their newsreading and e-mail software. OUT comes the
LART[2]. WhackWhackWHACK BAD idea! STUPID idea! No donut!
[2] Luser Attitude Readjustment Tool[3]
[3] AKA "The Clue-by-four"
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