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[Sheflug] HTML Mail (was: Re: Apologies: Writing to NTFS)
And Lo! The Great Prophet Alex Hudson uttered these words of wisdom:
> On Sun, 2004-01-04 at 23:23, Jon Masters wrote:
> > Of course you might know how to use HTML mail properly but this does not
> > detract from the fact that both myself and many others instantly shy
> > away from it with such instinctive reactions and conclusions about
> > original senders which might not be justified but happen anyway.
>
> Don't worry, we'll re-educate you eventually. ;)
>
> It's interesting that some significant projects are now starting to ask
> people to post in HTML. I expect the trend to continue.
>
> http://lists.userlinux.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
>
Erk. Sorry, I just won't use or read HTML-only mail - I still prefer old
tech for email, so elm and nmh are my mail readers, especially as I use
text terminals heavily, and Lynx (or similar) is not always available, and
even if it is, it's pointless if someone makes heavy use of <img>.
Personal gripes about it aside, it also risks from being implemented in a
number of different ways. IE and Gecko, being the two most used HTML
engines, interpret HTML slightly differently, with CSS support being rather
behind in IE compared to Gecko, so what you see isn't nesscessarily what
other people get. Combine this with other mail clients that may have their
own HTML engines (Pegasus on Win32 and exmh on UNIX for example), and you
get a right mish-mash. Then there's the issue of fonts which should speak
for itself.
All in all, HTML mail is not reliable, compared to plain text, IMO, and
probably never will be.
Anyhow, just my 2p :)
Chris...
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