Hello Marck, Tuesday, September 9, 2003, 3:11:20 PM, you wrote: MDP> HTML was *never* developed or intended for use as a formatting MDP> system for email. It is a presentation system for served pages, MDP> intended for transmission with the HyperText Transfer Protocol MDP> (HTTP, yes?). Mail is simple text intended for transmission with the MDP> Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP, yes?). The fusion of the two MDP> has led to over-use of bandwidth, bad taste and imposition on the MDP> recipient, whose choice it *should* be!
You're turning things around here. With all communications, the presentation and formatting lies with the originator. This is true for newspapers, slide show presentations, snail mail letters, email, etc.. With the introduction of HTML, the contents and its presentation were separated and it became possible for the recipient to have control over the presentation. The use of tags like <body>, <h1>, <h2> leave it completely open on how to display the text. So, I would agree with the bandwidth issue but if you want recipient choice, then HTML is the better way. Concerning bad taste, people can write horribly in plain ASCII too. Frank -- Best regards, FJ de Bruin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ________________________________________________ Current version is 2.00 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
