On Tue, Jun 29, 20048:42 AM, the following words from Wayne Brissette [EMAIL PROTECTED], emerged from a plethora of SPAM ...
>Ben Kennedy [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Tuesday, June 29, 2004 stated: > > >>>HTML/XML mail or similar will sooner or later supersede the pure text >>>messages of today, no matter what PM users think about it. >> >>Not without one helluva fight, it won't... (and we PM users are not >>exclusive with this opinion) > >Ben is correct. However, I do feel that the ASCII vs. HTML/XML fight will >at some point be won by the make it look pretty crowd. However, I also >think the ASCII/text fight will be won, not on the desktop, but where >more mail is soon to be flowing that is via cell phones, PDAs, and the like. Part of the problem is that new people don't know the difference between HTML and text email. These people just type in text, see that they can make stuff bold or colored along with graphics and do it because it is there as their program's default configuration. These are the same people who usually have HTML pages automatically displayed - with all the graphics, viruses, and triggers for email harvesting spammers. I think HTML is persistent in email from ignorance more than anything else. Spam and viruses wouldn't be the problems they are today without the ignorance factor. Most of the HTML I receive from those who know the different formats are usually advertisers who believe their products are more tempting if displayed with graphics, yet they often leave out important details about the products they are tempting you with in the hopes that you will be more gullible because of flash and glitz. Virus spreaders and spammers count on the ignorant as much as the advertisers do. I'm hoping that the pen (text) will continue to be mightier than the (eye-catching appearance) sword in the battle of which is supreme and long-lasting. cheshirekat -- Sleep after toil, port after stormy seas, ease after war, death after life does greatly please. -Edmund Spenser, poet (1552-1599) * 867 PowerBook G4 * OS X 10.2.8 * 768 MB Ram * * Addictions: iTunes 4 * WarCraft * The Sims * FileMaker Pro
