"Mark E. Drummond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Wotta stupid bandwidth starvation : the content is the same than a
> > plain text message, but with twice its size.
>
> Wrong-o! Want to send a nicely formatted proposal (with appropriate
> highlights etc) to the department director so you can get funding for
> that million dollar server upgrade project? Good luck doing it in plain
> text. And tables?
I don't think you're right. There are at least two kinds of `directors�:
1. The one who knows how e-mail works and is a technican: He would not
have problems with getting plain text with some file attachments
(i.e. tables).
2. The other one who only accepts e-mail but doesn't like this way to
communicate really. In this case it would be better to send him nice
printed offers with coloured charts and tables by snail-mail. He only
thinks that his employees should use e-mail to save money and time -
in detail he does not know the difference (and the risks) between
plain text and html-formatted e-mail.
Perhaps there are some more kinds of `directors' but the two
descriptions above fit them all - at least.
Martin
