Hello Steve,
Thursday, September 14, 2000, 1:29:02 PM, you wrote:
SL> On Fri, Sep 15, 2000 at 01:22:21AM +0800, Thomas Fernandez wrote:
>> My main argument is always the waste of bandwidth (and that I find
>> emails with different fonts and colours offensive or just plain ugly,
>> but that's certainly a matter of taste). What other reasons are there?
SL> There is no standard set of HTML defined for email clients to support.
SL> 2.0, 3.0, 4.0? XHTML 1.0? CSS? XML? What should they support and what
SL> should they /not/ support?
SL> There is no standard set for displaying HTML from email, only for the
SL> transport of the HTML in MIME.
You know, that is what I like so much about standards. I got so many
to choose from.
The programmers of the software that reads " HTML " have not addopted
any standards either. So the candle has been burning at both ends for
wuite some time now.
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Regards,
Curtis Campbell
PS: I'm glad to be here, new curmudgeon on the list! Batten down your
hatches and lock up your wives!
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