Hello James, Saturday, December 01, 2001, 8:54:39 PM, you wrote:
JS> On viruses and external images...from the business end JS> it would be ridiculous to expect customers to put up with JS> embedded images. Keeping them external at least gives the JS> customer a chance to delete the message before all the JS> downloading begins. Please don't think of HTML e-mail as an JS> evil business tool used by spammers alone. In my case I'd much JS> rather send text since I can send them ten times faster. But JS> our subscriber base prefers HTML. They sign up for it, it is JS> not chosen for them. The problem with viruses is well JS> documented but it is certainly not the norm. And one shouldn't JS> shy away from HTML because of them just as you wouldn't abstain JS> from using the 'Net for fear of infection. To my the problem isn't HTML, per-se...it's the fact that the features of HTML can be misused by more unsavory types (such as spammers, who, by merely including an external image, can determine whether or not your email address is valid.) However, there are also perfectly valid reasons to want/need HTML. However, in these cases, the receipient usually expects HTML from a certain source. I think it'd be great if The Bat! allowed you to set up a list of people (or a filter?) that were allowed to send you HTML, and it would display the images automatically for mail from those addresses. - Sean T. -- ________________________________________________________ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Vers: 1.53d FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com
