On Apr 2, 2009, at 4:48 AM, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Doug Pensinger wrote:
Alberto wrote:
The move was transparent to me - as far as receiving goes. OTOH,
it seems that the list now encourages html-e-mail, and this
is an evil thing that should be eradicated.
Why is it evil, out of curiosity?
Because it screws up the format of the message.
As in the following, received as the first lines of an email from a
client:
<!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Tahoma;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-
family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:1627421319
-2147483648 8 0 66047 0;} @font-face {font-family:"Lucida
Calligraphy"; panose-1:3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1; mso-font-charset:0; mso-
generic-font-family:script; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-
signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal,
li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-
bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-
family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-
decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited,
span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;
text-underline:single;} p.MsoPlainText, li.MsoPlainText,
div.MsoPlainText {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-
pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Courier
New"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} p {mso-margin-top-
alt:auto; margin-right:0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:
0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-
family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";} span.EmailStyle18 {mso-style-type:personal; mso-style-
noshow:yes; mso-ansi-font-size:11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma; mso-ascii-font-family:Tahoma; mso-hansi-font-
family:Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma; color:windowtext; mso-
text-animation:none; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal; text-
decoration:none; text-underline:none; text-decoration:none; text-
line-through:none;} span.EmailStyle19 {mso-style-type:personal-
reply; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-ansi-font-size:11.0pt; mso-bidi-
font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Tahoma; mso-ascii-font-family:Tahoma;
mso-hansi-font-family:Tahoma; color:black; font-weight:normal; font-
style:normal; text-decoration:none; text-underline:none; text-
decoration:none; text-line-through:none;} span.GramE {mso-style-
name:""; mso-gram-e:yes;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:
1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-
margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} -->
Not so useful.
Dave
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