Solver wrote: > > A question then. Can Linux users get HTML stuff, like newsletters, under > KMAIL, or must they choose Plain Text? > Solver > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Matt Greer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 11:31 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] Resending question 2 > > > on 8/23/01 10:35 AM, Solver at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > Resending as HTML this time, with HUGE letters. > > > > Just don't send as HTML at all. If you send plain text then it's up to us > > and our email clients to decide how large or small to view it. If you send > > as plain text, you can't go wrong. HTML is just a guaranteed annoyance, > > especially on a computer mailing list where people are aware of these > kinds > > of things. > > > > Matt Solver: The answer is, "It depends". I'm not sure about KMail; I use Netscape and HTML mail is not usually a problem for me (at least before this week -- see my posting under the Just Wondering thread). There are times, though, that people use strange colors and/or font sizes that make it very difficult to read their posting. Guess what? I hit delete and go on to the next message. Many Linuxers use text-based e-mail clients, however, and they have to wade through all of the embedded HTML tags to decipher the message. It's not a pleasant task. To see what I'm talking about, open an HTML mail and select view - source. Ugly, huh? I wouldn't want to deal with that every day. HTML-based email is also inefficient. Take a look at the file sizes for comparable plaintext and HTML letters, and you'll see that the HTML files are much larger -- it's all of those tags. That's all got to go through the pipe. No big deal if you've got a direct T1 line but if, like many of the listers, your connection is via slow dialup service, and you're charged by the minute for your usage, it is a problem. Then, once you've downloaded the rascal and decided that it's a keeper, you find out that HTML mail also eats up HD space. If you've got one of those 60 gb monsters, no big deal. Not everyone has that kind of space, however. E-mail is about effective and efficient communication. HTML is about appearance; it adds nothing to content, and does so at a cost. So why use it? Regards, Carroll
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