Mail Archives: cygwin/2003/04/09/18:42:43
Igor,
At 15:35 2003-04-09, you wrote:
>On Thu, 10 Apr 2003, Hannu E K Nevalainen (garbage mail) wrote:
>
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> >
> > May I ask those of you who insist in posting in HTML format to reconsider!
> > a) You're a SERIOUS virus security risk!
> > b) You're polluting email
> > c) Attached images add an unnecessary burden on email downloads
> >
> > ...
> >
> > /Hannu E K Nevalainen, Mariefred, Sweden
> > [Outlook* instructions snipped]
>
>FYI, there is another reason, probably of more importance to the posters:
>Using HTML mail equates your message with spam in the eyes of the message
>archiving software, and a copy of the raw message is not stored, which
>prevents people reading the list through the archive (e.g., me), from
>answering your query.
I didn't know that. Personally, I don't think I've ever felt the need
for styled text (HTML), though attachments are necessary and that
includes the occasional image. But I still defend the use of more
modern presentation formats (i.e., HTML). This policy sounds prejudiced to me.
> Igor
Randall Schulz
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