>>>>> "Ekki" == Ekki Plicht (DF4OR) <[email protected]> writes:

Ekki> IBTD. Call me oldfashioned, but I think that there is a reason why the
Ekki> largest resellers like amazon.com use text mails as confirmations etc.
Ekki> When it comes to business and customer orders I want to make sure that
Ekki> our mails reach the customer and don't end up in spam filters. HTML
Ekki> formatting is _one_ hint for a filter that it _might_ by spam. That is
Ekki> not to say that all spam is HTML formatted, but much of it is.

Ekki> So, I want to go with text formatted mails. HTML is not an option.

Especially if it's *only* text/html and doesn't have a useful text/plain
piece (not just a "your mailer cannot understand this mail" stupid
fork).  Even worse if it's HTML markup in a text/plain fork.

I have a special place for email like that, and it's a place I never
have to see.

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