robert said: > > > > > > > > p dont think wrote: > > > You might remind them that such formatting > increases the likelyhood that > > spamassin and other similar tools will mark the emails they send as spam > > and rigthly so. 99% of such emails I receive are from > spammers. Just a > > thought. > > > > > I don't even bother reading html only emails. They go straight to > my trash can. > > > > The new version (still unreleased) creates BOTH HTML and plain text > parts. > > > - Paul > > > Millions of users use Incredi-Mail. Millions of users use AOL mail, > which is html by default. Your client's customers have been asking him > for html mail. I use html mail. My customers use html mail. > Spamassassin and other similar tools are not going to disenfranchise > millions of people, or those who use it will lose their customers. > > HTML mail is not evil. In fact, it can be a quite handy tool, in the > right hands. It can help clarify important message parts, identify > urgencies, make communications more clear. Communication is in fact the > goal of email. > > The internet is html driven. Squirrelmail, thru PHP is an html > application. HTML is not evil. It's popular amongst the geek crowd to be > against html mail. It's a badge, or sorts, proving technical prowess and > superiority. It doesn't matter, it exists, people use it. Some mis-use > it. That's ok. Many mis-use the English language altogether. We don't > get rid of language because mis-use is wide spread, and we don't get rid > of word processing tools simply because mis-use is common. > > HTML mail is here to stay. And rightfully so. I am sorry if I started a shouting match, such was not my intention. Thanks to SM I can now read htmlized email. Before SM, htmlized email looked like a web page on view source. At home I use thunderbird which has a better SPAM filter than the Spamassin we have at work. However, I think that he still should warn his users that use of htmlized email, particularly with large fonts and other highlighting makes it very difficult to separate it from unsolcited email. I have clients I have to white list because they insist on using VERY LARGE FONTS. They aren't trainable either <sigh>. Yes it won't go away and perhaps it shouldn't, but there are bad consequences of which many users are unaware which was my only point.
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