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Re: [Sheflug] HTML mail (was Re: Linux)



I've got to say, when I receive html mail I much prefer it, its usually 
a lot easier of the eyes.

dave.


Alex Hudson wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 10:06:50AM +0100, Craig Andrews wrote:
> 
>>A few reasons not to use HTML email:
> 
> 
> Just to play Devil's Advocate, there is a counter point :)
> 
> Reasons to use HTML mail:
> 
> 1. There is no row length standard.
> Some people use 72 columns (these people are the least annoying). Some
> people use 76, 78, 80, 62, and other wierd numbers. How many times
> have you opened a text e-mail to find that you need to scroll 
> horizontally? 
> 
> 2. Quoting blows.
> Let's say you receive an e-mail broken at the 72nd character, and
> you reply with "> ". All those lines are now 74 characters long. It's
> likely that when the person replies back, some of those quoted lines
> will get wrapped:
> 
>>>How many times have you received a quoted email which carries 
>>
> on
> 
>>>to the next line because it was just a short enough word to cause 
>>
> the 
> 
>>>line to break?
>>
> Of course, you can re-justify the text, but that breaks any other
> 'formatting' the person has applied, like indentation, 
>  * lists,
> etc.
> 
> 3. Tables.
> You can't do this in text, full stop.
> 
> 4. Collaborative e-mail editing.
> Ditto.
> 
> 5. Symbols, international letters, etc.
> You think ? comes out the same in all text clients? Nope, reliant on 
> character set/font/etc. Esp. Windows->other. But £, ", etc.,
> come out the same everywhere. This is especially important with
> foreign characters - mail systems weren't designed to be 8-bit clean, 
> and HTML & MIME allow 7-bit transfer safely.
> 
> I could go on :-P
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Alex.
> 
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