Another reason for sending messages only in plain text format: it is now
possible for viruses to infect your system by way of a web page. (OK, OK,
they aren't technically viruses but "malignant programs.") A programmer can
write an applet in Java, Javascript, or VBScript that will execute when you
open a Web page. The so-called "Love Bug" worm could just as easily been
attached to a page that opened as part of a cascade, in which case its
effect would have been many times worse than it was. Since a message in HTML
is a Web page by another name, the same thing applies to HTML messages.
There's an additional problem affecting Web-based mail users: ANY message
received by Hotmail, Yahoo, etc., online is by definition HTML. The actual
message may not include any HTML formatting itself, but the site server will
find things like URLs and reformat them as HTML. Even if you're getting
Hotmail via Outlook Express, your messages will be formatted as HTML.
AOL users have yet another problem: they CAN'T send messages in plain text
format. Like that other pioneer, Henry Ford, AOL provides you with only one
"color" of e-mail--AOL. AOL's server isn't POP3 or STMP or anything else
that can be accessed via a third-party mail client. It ONLY works on AOL's
software. That's why all those pieces that Kris forwards to CTRL appear as
attachments--that's how AOL handles forwarded mail.
(Moderate Disclaimer: All of this is true TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE. If
anyone has better information, post now or forever hold your peace!)
- Original Message -
From: "Tenorlove" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, June 02, 2000 7:30 AM
Subject: [CTRL] Note to CTRL readers
> Please turn off your HTML encoding when you post. There are 2 reasons
> for using plain text.
>
> 1. Not all mail clients can read HTML. In this case, HTML posts look
> like this: 132490u9587305972m v938-10nu4c kuyd0a9
> c828q0[qw.
>
> 2. HTML takes up 4 times the bandwidth of plain text. Anyone who is
> using a free Web-based mail account has a very small mailbox, 1-3 MB.
> HTML fills it up quickly.
>
> NOTE: Hyperlinks will still come up as links EVEN IN PLAIN TEXT EMAILS.
>
> Thanks for your consideration.
> Tenorlove
>
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