JeffM wrote:
John Klein wrote:
I need a way to create several HTML email messages
for transmission by 3rd party email list owners.
First, tell them that is the stupid way to do things.
Don't you understand, USENET is not the prime thrust any more, and not
everyone sticks with the more efficient 6-bit BCD characters either! But
egotistical people who think they must thrust their choices on everyone
else are still with us. Go get a sharp chisel and fresh tablet and write
your blog.
Email is a plain text medium.
That hasn't been true for decades.
HTML is for Web pages.
1) Create the HTML page.
2) Upload the page to a server.
3) Email only the link to the Web page.
Feel free. In fact please do. Any time you feel the need to say some
egotistical self-righteous thing in "I do it this way, so no one else
should do it some other way" please put it on a web site and post the
link so anyone who care can look at it.
Outside the obvious drawbacks that it add vast complexity (other
applications and servers, more networking) and makes the material
available to anyone, it's more likely to cause misunderstanding when no
emphasis is used. Not to mention text not being flowed and
self-formatting into the reader's choice of width rather the poster's
idea.
People read email on many devices with many types of display, HTML
allows the reader more control over presentation. The days of email over
300 bps dial up stored on 10MB eight inch drives is over. There's simply
no reason to stick to text any more, and if you choose to filter, please
do it quietly.
And I haven't mentioned that many people read on devices where web
browsing is either not supported or is extra cost. The world has moved
past the time when there was a benefit to saving a few bytes, the cost
of inferior communication is now higher than any saving. If you want
saving, limit message size and reject messages with excessive quoting.
That still has benefit.
