> When it comes to e-mail, leave the bells and whistles off, for crying out
> loud. Back in the mail& elm days, everyone saw the message as it was
> written. Now I get crap like (misspellings intentional) <a
> hrf="htp://www.website.com">The web page I was talking about is here<.a>;
> BOLD; small little teeny tiny stupid Outlook default fonts; wrapping at 10
> characters or 20 characters or 200 characters; and other puhthetic stuff.
I still use Elm. It works, I don't have to worry about macro viruses,
e-mail trackers that use GIF files to verify I have viewed the mail and
link my e-mail address to my trail in web logs, etc.
> A great e-mail proggie will reconize links and make them live. Beyond that,
> use of attachments should be the order of the day. Leave the browser wars
> out there on the web.
I have a script file that creates a web page of links for viewing via
another browser.
> Bah! Sometimes I wonder what the hell engineers are thinking!!
Mostly, marketing types do not give them time to think.
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