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From:	"Max Bowsher" <maxb AT ukf DOT net>
To:	<cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>, "Randall R Schulz" <rrschulz AT cris DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: For The Record: HTML Email on the Internet; RFC 2557
Date:	Fri, 11 Apr 2003 00:26:55 +0100
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Randall R Schulz wrote:
> To Whom It May Concern,
>
> The IETF publishes this standard for electronic mail on the Internet
> using HTML and even supports resource references in the HTML whose
> targets (images, sounds, etc.) can be incorporated into the same MIME
> message as the HTML body.
>
> In my opinion, it's simply foolish to anchor electronic mail in the
> pre-markup, pre-media days of text-only electronic communication.

There's nothing wrong with HTML mail when used tastefully and in a way which
enhances communication.

Unfortunately, a lot (most?) of the time, HTML mail is used in such a way
that it detracts from the content of the message and is simply a needless
bandwidth sucker.



Max.


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