On Tuesday 11 June 2002 11:10, you wrote: > On Tue, 11 Jun 2002 18:46:08 +0100 > > John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tuesday 11 June 2002 15:17, you wrote: > > > Besides, what can't be said in plain text e-mail? Do you lack the > > > necessary communication skills to use simple words? Did Tolkien > > > write using fancy fonts and colours? My point is that HTML mail is > > > simply unnecessary. Do you want /italics/, _underlining_ or *bold* > > > fonts? Do you want a smiley face :-) ? It all can be done in plain > > > text. > > > > Plain text is all right as far as it goes, I don't mind using it for > > say Newbie, or just sending an order to some sales person, > > but 99% of the world traffic in emails is HTML. Yes it is. and I for > > one would not like to have my hands tied behind my back by > > not being able to use it. Suppose you had to email your curriculum > > vitae to a prospective employer and you emailer cannot send HTML > > your document looks silly and gives the imprssion you don't care. > > It says you are not even prepared to take that little bit of extra > > time and care to make a nice presentation, or that your emailer is > > not much, and you ought to do something about it.<snip> > > My e-mail client has a feature that allows me to attach documents to my > message. So, if I want to send a PDF or HTML or whatever type of file, I > just hit the attach button, locate it, and send it off! Also, when I was > job hunting about a year ago, everything I read recommended creating a > PLAIN TEXT version of your CV to use as a sig. The rationale is that the > people reading the cv don't give a hoot about formatting, they just want > to weed out people based on qualifications and experience, not document > formatting.
Correct, most corporations want the resume in text format so it can be scanned into a database and then they run queries to pull out keywords. Bill -- The box said Windows95 or better, so I installed Linux Virus checker? I don't need no steenkin virus checker! No M$ here!
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