On Tue, 2009-05-05 at 12:52 +0100, Alpár Jüttner wrote: > > Brewster chimes in. > > > > Whether they realize it or not, it can also be very annoying for > > their recipients who are among the security-conscious who have their > > emailers optioned to *not* translate HTML. > > > > I do not believe HTML should be used in emails. > > Lots of people suggest this, but I've never heard a satisfactory advice > on what to use instead. Could you tell me how to send someone say a > simple table if not in HTML? In a .doc or .xls file? HTML is at least > standardized, cross-platform and directly supported by contemporary mail > clients and web-mail services. > > Regards, > > Alpar >
$ elinks --dump tbl.html With a normal border: +--------------+ | First | Row | |--------+-----| | Second | Row | +--------------+ With a thick border: +--------------+ | First | Row | |--------+-----| | Second | Row | +--------------+ With a very thick border: +--------------+ | First | Row | |--------+-----| | Second | Row | +--------------+ $ cat tbl.html <html> <body> <h4>With a normal border:</h4> <table border="1"> <tr> <td>First</td> <td>Row</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Second</td> <td>Row</td> </tr> </table> <h4>With a thick border:</h4> <table border="8"> <tr> <td>First</td> <td>Row</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Second</td> <td>Row</td> </tr> </table> <h4>With a very thick border:</h4> <table border="15"> <tr> <td>First</td> <td>Row</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Second</td> <td>Row</td> </tr> </table> </body> </html> _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list