I hope you have asbestos pants on cos this is flame bait (8-)
I use Pine which is essentially text based, but it can handle html, it
just ignores the tags.
I think the main problem is bandwidth and the fact that html email can be
used to activate exploits in some browsers.
...and no, I don't download mp3, I do zap banner ads so that I can
download browser graphics because unfortunately eye candy seems to be de
rigeur these days and most sites are so badly designed as to be totally
meaningless without the graphics.
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Howard.
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LANNet Computing Associates <http://www.lannet.com.au>
On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Alister Waller wrote:
>
> Well for those of you who complained about my email it was actually in rich
> text format not html format.
>
> I have now switched to plain text.
>
> Can I ask why people use non-html enabled mail clients?? What is the benefit
> of this? Is this a linux geeky type thing??
> Seems strange when you look at what computers are capable of that a minority
> (I am taking a stab in the virtual darkness) still insist on using a text
> based mail reader. You mention bandwith, I am sure a lot of you download
> pictures and Mpeg 3's etc which hog a lot more of that than a few extra
> lines of text in an email.
>
>
> regards
>
> Alister Waller (B. Comp)
> Technical Consultant - Roadtech Systems Ltd
> Phone: 02 98073516 Fax: 02 98085294
> www.roadtechsystems.com.au
>
>
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