computer artwork by subhash sez: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb am 7.3.2005 um 23:19 Uhr:] > >>folks who >>think HTML in email is actually, gasp! -inappropriate- ! > >Just for information: I'm also one of them. I very seldom use HTML-Mail. > >-- >http://www.subhash.at > >
I'm an email Luddite! Just give me the info. I don't need your fancy schmancy so-called "enhancements." The majority of HTML mail I get is spam. The rest is from people who don't know they are sending HTML mail and never bold or italicize or whatever anything anyway because they, too, are just simply tossing off quick letters. Those few lists I get that are HTML I don't have any issues with viewing in a web browser where I can better track what is happening anyway. I've never needed to send HTML mail to get my point across. I've sent HTML pages I've worked on via attachment or printed to PDF file to send as attachment. At the offices I maintain, I turn off HTML mail sending and receiving in whatever mail program they are using due to the possibility of receiving viruses through the links as well as because of phishing scams that look like mail coming from sites like Paypal, etc. which are not. Not having the HTML mail turned on means the text portion is shown which either does not exist in phishing/spam/virus mail or is gobbledygook and a tip off something is wrong with the mail. Some of my clients turn it back on. Guess who has the majority of problems on their PCS? (This is less of a problem with Macs due to viruses and such being mostly for Windows -- we can still get scammed by phishers, though.) Other people's mileage may vary, and there are email programs out there to accommodate. For me, PowerMail is great, does its job well, and assists in keeping those nastygrams at bay. (It isn't 100% anymore since you can turn on HTML viewing and people can still click links and may not look closely at them -- but I do like clickable links. :) ) Lastly, I just like the idea of email remaining a simple, base technology that anyone in the world can use no matter what system they have. As someone who once worked with a distributor for books for the United Nations, UNESCO, Food and Agriculture Organization, etc., there are a lot of older system still being used out there that won't read HTML mail anyway. There are a lot of schools and libraries here in the States that still have old systems and terminals that won't do that kind of mail, too. I say let's just leave email as a simple communication medium and use attachments for fancier stuff. And that's my more 4 cents. :) Pardon my blabbering on and on. -- Michael Lewis Off Balance Productions [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.offbalance.com
