1/13/2002 3:56:59 PM, Geordon VanTassle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello all. I'm new to the list, so I figured no better way to join in than to fuel a good controversy. :)
>Gee, all I have to do is double-click on the attached HTML document >and it opens my browser. You might want to give that a try! Easy to >prevent auto-infection that way. You have to voluntarily open the >attachment! I totally agree that this method is totally safe, and *relatively* easy, however: I preview my mail with PopTray (yes, I know The Bat supports it as well), and also run virus protection. When I choose to retrieve messages, I have already taken a number of steps to feel secure in what I'm retrieving. At that point, I prefer that the mail client *not* do the thinking for me, and let me do what I want, which is to view an inline HTML message the way it was designed, with zero extra steps. Despite all of the very good arguments for sending text only messages, there *are* times when I choose to send an HTML message. I purchased The Bat quite a long time ago, and rate it among the very best mail clients out there, however I don't use it with any regularity at all. Why? Because The Bat insists on telling me what's good for me, instead of providing options (not defaults) for HTML composition and true "on the fly" inline HTML message rendering. At this moment, I'm composing this from Opera 6's e-mail client, because being integrated into the browser, it's so very convenient. Generally though, I use PocoMail. In some ways, it's less powerful than The Bat, but nobody works harder than PocoMail's author at accomodating user requests in the mail client. HTML is nothing new, and despite the wishes of some, it's not going to go away. When The Bat makes the leap into the "new world", I will almost certainly use it again, as so much of everything else that it does is virtually perfect. Oh, why did I join the list? To see why the heck there's a beta-a-day. :) Mark -- e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ________________________________________________________ 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
