[A83] Re: html mail

[A83] Re: html mail

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• Subject: [A83] Re: html mail
• From: "David Phillips" <david@acz.org>
• Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 22:10:56 -0500
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Shenkuang Francis Huang writes:
> Note that OE sends an HTML version and a text version to maintain
> backwards compatibility with so-called dumb terminals.  In today's
> age, HTML mail is an advantage as it allows every line to extend to
> the full length of the window rather than being cut off at 74 or 80
> characters.

Get a clue.  Text email, such as that sent to this list, should be sent as
text.  Sending it as HTML wastes space.  Sending both a text and HTML
version wastes even more space.  Not everyone reads his/her email in a
client that interprets HTML.

http://www.betips.net/etc/evilmail.html
http://www.georgedillon.com/web/html_email_is_evil.shtml
http://www.efn.no/html-bad.html

--
David Phillips <david@acz.org>
http://david.acz.org/

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