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

[Will Newton <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday 20 Sep 2002 4:42 pm, David Holden wrote:

> A good client can do a lot of things, mine can render HTML email :)

Mozilla is large enough you would hope it could do some other things as well.

> > OK, HTML is hard to render on text consoles which a fair number of people
> > use. HTML is not designed for email, how for example may one link to a
> > previous email?
>
> how would you do this is text email? I'm not sure I understand this?

You can't. But that's my point. If you wish to replace it, replace it with 
something good, not something that was "designed" for something else.

> There is no nestable <quote> tag.
>
> HTML has the Q and BLOCKQUOTE both of which are nestable?

But don't do what you might want in relation to email.

> HTML needs a parser, and a complicated one at that.
>
> to quote from above a good client will have this.

On my system the Mozilla browser clocks in at a little over 25Mb, the mail 
client at less than 4Mb. It's like putting a rocket engine on a Robin Reliant.

> All HTML is pretty rigourously specified at www.w3c.org

I have rarely seen HTML email that even comes close to being valid HTML. The 
sad truth of the matter.
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