>> In reality, the e-mail world is changing, so that at some point, I'll
>> be accepting HTML and MIME stuff on my lists. it's not my preference,
>> but I can see this will be a reality.
>
> You think that?
Yes, I do. Because I'm starting to see it accepted as "normal". There
are enough mailers out there that accept it that while it's not
universal, it's getting close, too.
> Just IMO, of course, but HTML is a truly awful page description language.
> Overcomplicated, too hard to process, too non-compact.
On the other hand, for the kind of thing most people put into e-mail,
those really aren't significant factors. Microsoft Word 2000 is
overkill for a letter home to mom, too... (grin)
> Is HTML-email really on the way,
It's in my business plan to support, at least as an option. And
there's strong interest within my users to SEND material via HTML,
and some indication our user base is interested in receiving it that
way.
> If it really *is* coming, is there any hope to get some rational subset
> of HTML defined and perhaps head off true chaos? [you're all aware, I
> suspect, that no two browsers display HTML in quite the same way, which
> is hardly [IMO] a suitable standard for transmitting email.]
That hasn't stopped the WWW, so I simply don't see this as an issue.
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