On Wed, 23 Jan 2002 01:42:42 +1100, Myself <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >Jonas J�rgensen wrote: > >> Myself said: >> >>> 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. >> >> >> http://www.georgedillon.com/web/html_email_is_evil.shtml > > >The real arguments in this one apply equally to general web browsing. >Thus, where's the campaign for all webpages to be plain text. > > >> http://www.delux.com/articles/HTMLmail.html > > >Same here but even less so. > > >> http://www.evolt.org/article/Why_Developers_Don_t_Want_HTML_Email/25/781/ > > >And the same here but even less so again. > >Geez I'm wasting my time trying to "get" this topic. You people don't >even understand what you're advocating. > Do you understand what you are advocating? Are you offering to pay for my internet connection? I'm not a developer. I have to pay by the minute for all the time I am connected. I can't charge it against my tax and my Boss won't pay for it. I don't earn big money or even medium money. If you want html that's fine but _don't_ force it down my throat. I want to be able to reject html e-mail and return it to the sender. Sheesh, anyone would think you were a fundamentalist of either the Christian or the Muslim variety.
