I won't "not read" a mail in html, but plain text is preferred for me...
On Sun, 2010-01-31 at 08:46 +0800, David Godfrey wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > The reason for this poll is below (for those that are interested) > > I would like to know how many people > a) are happy to receive html > b) prefer plain text > c) require plain text > > At the end of the week (Friday GMT+8) I will post the results > > Regards > David Godfrey > > ======= > > Just recently I have had two people on the lists query me, > Asking if I intended to send email in HTML > > Well actually, yes, I guess I did. > Partly because most people have HTML capable browsers, > and long before I sent an email on the list I had noticed that many > contributors also sent in HTML. > This made me think it was not a problem. > > I understand why mutt users may not like HTML, in it's standard form > mutt displays the html source. > There are probably other clients that this is also a problem for. > > One problem with plain text and modern clients, is that text is > wrapped at the senders end. > Normally to something like 72characters. > This is a huge waste of screen space where you may easily have 160 to > 300 or more characters available on a modern screen. > Worse is when the sender has changed the default to something large, > then you often have to scroll left and right as well as up and down to > see the whole message. > HTML on the other hand allows for dynamic rewrapping of the text by > the receiving client. > The sentence before last was all one line. > Change the width of this window, it should rewrap the text > dynamically. > > HTML also allows simple formatting changes (like this) that can often > assist with readability. > > Either way the poll will tell us what everyone prefers. > > Regards > David Godfrey > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation > Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business > Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts > Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com > _______________________________________________ Ledger-smb-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ledger-smb-users Bob Miller 334-7117/633-3760 http://computerisms.ca [email protected] Network, Internet, Server, and Open Source Solutions ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com _______________________________________________ Ledger-smb-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ledger-smb-users
