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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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