Re: newbie question about html possibly ot?

2002-11-11 Thread Anton Piatek
I would argue a different point... html allows better formatting, and as such can give you emails that actually look quite nice, as well as allowing for coloured text and images. however i think the general approach made to html emails is wrong... html clients tend to allow scripting, whereas from

Re: newbie question about html possibly ot?

2002-11-08 Thread Craig Iffelberg
Thanks :) I try to always be as good a poster as I can. Html seems, as per the replies, just what I thought it is in e mail, useless. I'm glad I never bothered. Many thanks for your replies, much appreciated. On Friday 08 November 2002 12:42 pm, Saul Arias wrote: > This is one of the best po

Re: newbie question about html possibly ot?

2002-11-08 Thread Jon Etkins
On 08 Nov 2002 13:42:04 -0500, Saul Arias wrote: >On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 12:21, Craig Iffelberg wrote: >> >> I thought html was just for web pages. > >This is one of the best posts I've seen on this list this year. Craig gets a ribbon. :) /"\ \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN

Re: newbie question about html possibly ot?

2002-11-08 Thread Saul Arias
On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 12:21, Craig Iffelberg wrote: > Hey all, sorry about the newb question, I have always > used just text in e mail as far as I know, so why are > there mailers that use html in them? > > I thought html was just for web pages. > > ?confused?? This is one of the best po

Re: newbie question about html possibly ot?

2002-11-08 Thread Joseph A Nagy Jr
Craig Iffelberg wrote: Hey all, sorry about the newb question, I have always used just text in e mail as far as I know, so why are there mailers that use html in them? I thought html was just for web pages. ?confused?? Because HTML allows more formatting options. Personally I prefer

Re: newbie question about html possibly ot?

2002-11-08 Thread Johnathan Bailes
On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 12:21, Craig Iffelberg wrote: > Hey all, sorry about the newb question, I have always > used just text in e mail as far as I know, so why are > there mailers that use html in them? > > I thought html was just for web pages. > Listen, when you get spam you might notice a cou

newbie question about html possibly ot?

2002-11-08 Thread Craig Iffelberg
Hey all, sorry about the newb question, I have always used just text in e mail as far as I know, so why are there mailers that use html in them? I thought html was just for web pages. ?confused?? -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=un