I've said this many times and many places, so I'm going to apologize
to everyone who's already read it and knows where this is about to go.
HTML markup in email is used by three groups of people:
1. Ignorant newbies who don't know any better
2. Ineducable morons who refuse to learn
3. Spammers
There are no exceptions.
HTML markup is almost always horribly broken, bloats messages
tremendously, introduces security and privacy issues, makes messages
less searchable, and adds nothing to the process of communication.
(It is notable that quite often the extracted bodies of messages marked
up with HTML are riddled with spelling, punctuation, and grammatical
errors in addition to being poorly composed. Adding HTML markup to
these messages like sprinkling fresh mint on a steaming pile of manure
and pretending it's now an acceptable menu item.)
If you (generic you) can't communicate in plain text, then you can't
communicate. Nothing you have to say is worthy of an audience.
And as an aside, anyone who who functions in a professional capacity,
e.g., a system administrator or network engineer or similar role,
and thus shares responsibility for the security of the operation(s)
they manage, should always use a text-only email client. If it's
not clear why, then recall the lesson accidentally taught by RSA.
---rsk
_______________________________________________
mailop mailing list
mailop@mailop.org
https://chilli.nosignal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mailop
