And it came to pass that Myself wrote:
>
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 22 Jan 2002 18:02:34 +1100, Myself
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>You can go offline before reading a message.
>>>
>>
>> Exactly Why should I? Is Mozilla just for you and your
>> HTML lovin friends?
>>
>> If I don't want my e-mail program hitting a web page
>> without my authorization, shouldn't I speak about it? Tell
>> someone to fix it?
>>
>
> Offline stops it and it's a choice. You want to hold the one
> remote control on behalf of the world.
>
> WTF is wrong with rich text mail? Seriously - I want to
> know. It's clear there are people religous about it so I'd
> like to understand why some people think mail and newsgroups
> must only be plain text.
Because HTML uses three times the bandwidth to transfer and
display, overloading news and mail servers, slowing down
transfers and downloads. It does nothing to enhance content, it
only clogs up the system from topto bottom so you can clutter up
the message with "stationary", poorly contrasting
print/background, and often unreadable fonts.
And on top of that, it is a potential security hazard.
--
}:-) Christopher Jahn
{:-( Dionysian Reveler
Well, Katrina likes it.
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