It would be alot better if the email clients were smart enough to figure out
that the format is HTML and the user has setup in TEXT only and then convert
the HTML to text only... eliminating the tags and so on.. or even switch to
HTML if it supported it..
bit of a pain really isn't it..
thanks,
George Vieira
Network Administrator
Citadel Computer Systems P/L
http://www.citadelcomputer.com.au
-----Original Message-----
From: Terry Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, 22 May 2000 3:28 PM
To: slug
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Pcmcia Troubles
Aravind Naidu wrote:
>
> <snip>
> >
> > on top off this if we had a different mail protocol for formatting
> > of email (to make it pretty) we had no troubles at all........
> >
>
> You mean an formatter, not a protocol...
> What is wrong with HTML for prettying up your mail ?
Because people end up sending a pretty message that lacks any
substance and abuses everyones eyeballs.
> It is the universal standard
TEXT is the universal standard - anything worth saying can be said in
text, plain and simple.
> and any half decent browser should be able to read it and is
> available on all platfoms
It is NOT available in all decent mailers, nor should it have to be.
Mail was around before html. A mailer should be send in text as
default and anything else should only be between consenting adults.
... It is better than using RTF, or (gulp) .doc
>
> Of course, for mailing lists etc., it is not polite to send HTML. You send
> HTML only if you know your target's email client.
Perhaps we can automatically ditch any email in HTMl - that would be a
good start to control list traffic.
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