Re: reason for HTML-only?

2008-08-23 Thread Michael Lewis
Tim Lapin sez: >Ah, my mistake. Apologies. I have a summer head cold and clearly, I am >not reading things carefully enough. :) I sent out my last message before reading through the thread. Tried not to seem snarky, but may have come across that way anyway, especially after this had already wou

Re: reason for HTML-only?

2008-08-23 Thread Michael Lewis
Tim Lapin sez: >What are you talking about? RE-READ the part you quoted. I have >received some HTML-only e-mails that did NOT open in PowerMail. Not >often, mind you but more than once. What are you talking about? I responded to another message. Not yours. The original message said some HTML-o

HTML capabilities (was: "reason for HTML-only?)

2008-08-23 Thread MB
Michael J. Hußmann said: >PM's just fine. I would hate it to turn >into a replica of one of the competing clients. Diversity is a good >thing, and certainly preferrable to following standards that aren't even >standards. Improving PowerMails HTML-capabilities is hardly a call for anything of wha

Re: reason for HTML-only?

2008-08-23 Thread Michael J . Hußmann
Matthias Schmidt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Regarding the database, weather people prefer monolithic databases or > not, it doesn't matter. The current backup technology doesn't prefer > this structure. > > Same thing with priority and some other features. All mail clients do > support that stuf

Re: reason for HTML-only?

2008-08-23 Thread MB
Richard Hart said: >Are you sure you meant to write that? I believe you might be >experiencing problems, but I have never received a message in PowerMail >that "cannot be displayed". What does that mean: "cannot be displayed"? Well, if the HTML-message ends up in an attached file and there's no p

Re(2): reason for HTML-only?

2008-08-23 Thread Peter Lovell
> Do anyone here have clue on what possible reasons there could be to > choosing to send HTML-only messages, instead of mixed messages without a > pure text part as well? ... >As to the original question, I don't know, given that such messages are >more likely to be considered spam. Actually, I

Re: reason for HTML-only?

2008-08-23 Thread Matthias Schmidt
Am/On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 12:05:52 -0500 schrieb/wrote Michael Lewis: >Matthias Schmidt sez: > >>So yes, it gets more and more difficult t stick with PM. > >Can you not use the button at the bottom to switch to HTML view or view >the message in a web browser. If neither of those work, than the email

Re: reason for HTML-only?

2008-08-23 Thread Tim Lapin
On Saturday, August 23, 2008, Michael J. Hußmann sent forth: >Tim Lapin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >> Exactly what I and others have written. > >This thread started with the question: > >> Do anyone here have clue on what possible reasons there could be to >> choosing to send HTML-only mes

Re: reason for HTML-only?

2008-08-23 Thread Michael J . Hußmann
Tim Lapin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Exactly what I and others have written. This thread started with the question: > Do anyone here have clue on what possible reasons there could be to > choosing to send HTML-only messages, instead of mixed messages without a > pure text part as well? Then t

Re: reason for HTML-only?

2008-08-23 Thread Tim Lapin
On Saturday, August 23, 2008, Richard Hart sent forth: >Tim Lapin wrote: > >>These messages cannot be displayed by PM >>in any mode. I have received a few myself. > >Are you sure you meant to write that? I believe you might be >experiencing problems, but I have never received a message in P

Re: reason for HTML-only?

2008-08-23 Thread Richard Hart
Tim Lapin wrote: >These messages cannot be displayed by PM >in any mode. I have received a few myself. Are you sure you meant to write that? I believe you might be experiencing problems, but I have never received a message in PowerMail that "cannot be displayed". What does that mean: "cannot be

Re: reason for HTML-only?

2008-08-23 Thread Tim Lapin
On Saturday, August 23, 2008, Michael J. Hußmann sent forth: >Tim Lapin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >> You miss the point, I think. These messages cannot be displayed by PM >> in any mode. I have received a few myself. > >So far, this thread was about HTML-only mails, and PM has no proble

Re: reason for HTML-only?

2008-08-23 Thread Michael Lewis
Tim Lapin sez: >You miss the point, I think. These messages cannot be displayed by PM >in any mode. I have received a few myself. I don't think that point was made. The original message only asked about HTML-only messages not being sent with text parts. If they aren't formatting the multipart e

Re: reason for HTML-only?

2008-08-23 Thread Michael J . Hußmann
Tim Lapin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > You miss the point, I think. These messages cannot be displayed by PM > in any mode. I have received a few myself. So far, this thread was about HTML-only mails, and PM has no problems displaying HTML-only mails that I am aware of. There is an issue with m

Re: reason for HTML-only?

2008-08-23 Thread Tim Lapin
On Saturday, August 23, 2008, Michael Lewis sent forth: >Matthias Schmidt sez: > >>So yes, it gets more and more difficult t stick with PM. > >Can you not use the button at the bottom to switch to HTML view or view >the message in a web browser. If neither of those work, than the email >has

powermail-discuss Digest #2872 - 08/23/08

2008-08-23 Thread PowerMail discussions
powermail-discuss Digest #2872 - Saturday, August 23, 2008 reason for HTML-only? by "MB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Re: reason for HTML-only? by "Dave N" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Re: reason for HTML-only? by "Rene Merz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Re: reason for HTML-only?

Re: reason for HTML-only?

2008-08-23 Thread Michael Lewis
Matthias Schmidt sez: >So yes, it gets more and more difficult t stick with PM. Can you not use the button at the bottom to switch to HTML view or view the message in a web browser. If neither of those work, than the email has crappy HTML code and it isn't PM's fault. -- Michael Lewis Off Bala

Re: reason for HTML-only?

2008-08-23 Thread Matthias Schmidt
Am/On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:30:40 +0200 schrieb/wrote Rene Merz: >MB hat am Donnerstag, 21. August 2008 geschrieben: > >>Do anyone here have clue on what possible reasons there could be to >>choosing to send HTML-only messages, instead of mixed messages without a >>pure text part as well? >> >Is stu

Re: reason for HTML-only?

2008-08-23 Thread Rene Merz
MB hat am Donnerstag, 21. August 2008 geschrieben: >Do anyone here have clue on what possible reasons there could be to >choosing to send HTML-only messages, instead of mixed messages without a >pure text part as well? > Is stupidity a good reason for it? A 2004 study by AWeber.com shows that pla