On Tue, 23 Dec 2014 15:15:03 -0500, Dave Angel wrote: > On 12/23/2014 07:59 AM, shawool wrote: >> Thank you for answering my query. >> >> Fonts and colors are reset to defaults now. Sorry for the inconvenience >> caused. >> >> Regards, >> Shawool > > The following is a piece of your message: > > <div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><div>Thank you for answering my > query.<br><br></= > div>Fonts and colors are reset to defaults now. Sorry for the > inconvenience= > caused.<br><br></div>Regards,<br></div>Shawool<br></div><div > class=3D"gmai= > l_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 3:55 PM, > St= > eve Hayes <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:hayes...@telkomsa.net" > ta= > rget=3D"_blank">hayes...@telkomsa.net</a>></span> > wrote:<br><blockquote = > class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc > solid= > ;padding-left:1ex"><span class=3D"">On Tue, 23 Dec 2014 13:33:53 +1100, > Ste= > ven D'Aprano<br> > > Still looks like html to me. Sooner or later you'll mess somebody up > doing that. My current email program can ignore that part, and for a > simple message I have no problem, but many of us have had trouble > before, and will again. > > As Steven says, it's probably hopeless, but if I can just convince a few > more people -- tell your email program to just use text. Help stamp > out html mail, except when it actually helps. And not on a text forum, > where some gateways don't even handle the html correctly.
+1 Sometime I have to switch to HTML @ work but even then only when I want to send someone a screen shot HTML mail when not required breaks the 1st rule of all engineering (including software engineering) KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid. -- Who are you? -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list