>At 08:19 6/17/98 -0600, James Boorn wrote:
>[about emailing HTML formatted documents]
>>Waste of bandwidth. Put up a web page and email the url to subscribers
>>when it gets updated.
>
> • Some people prefer push.
>
> • Some do not have toll-free local calling (not everyone lives in the
>U.S.). Downloading from a local mail server is usually faster than GETting
>from a (distant?) Web site.
>
> • Not all organizations have access to a web server to post documents.
>
> • Managing an email distribution list is easier than managing user access
>to a web server if you need to restrict distribution of the document. This
>is especially true if you don't own the server. But any competent email
>user can manage a list of addresses in their preferred mail client.
>
>One size does not fit all. Besides, the only bandwidth saved will be for
>those users that do not retrieve the document. That will vary on a
>case-by-case basis. There _is_ a place for HTML mail.
>
> Tony
>
You're right... there IS a place for HTML main, but it's not here.
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