On 03/22/09 06:50, Moz Champion (Dan) wrote: > Rick Merrill wrote: >> text >> html >> Html AND text = when this option for email is used, >> does the text get doubled up? I often receive email >> that suggests this is the case. > > > In short, yes. > > When you send in plain text, the message is sent in plain text of > course. When you send in html, the message is sent in html. > > > If you send in 'both' (plain text and html) there is a plain text > 'portion' and a html 'portion' sent. Depending on your email/news > program (and it's settings) you will only usually 'see' one version on > your screen, but both will be there in the message. > > Dependent on how much html is used, a plain text message of say 25KB > would perhaps be 30KB to 40KB if sent html. If sent both, then the > message size would be 55KB to 65KB > > Never send both. It more than doubles the size of a plain text message > for no good reason. If a person is reading in plain text only, they will > only see the plain text version, the html is useless to them. If they > are reading in html, the plain text version is likewise useless.
No good reason to ever send both? What if you're sending a message to a group of people, some of whom read only plain text, and some of whom appreciate HTML e-mail? _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
