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Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2003 15:38:10 -0700
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From: Randall R Schulz <rrschulz AT cris DOT com>
Subject: Re: H.T.M.L. (RE: Getting home directory in Windows 2000
  environment)
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Hannu,

At 15:15 2003-04-09, you wrote:
>-----Original Message-----
>From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com]On Behalf Of
>Paul Dilip K NPRI
>Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 4:31 PM
>To: 'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'
>Subject: Getting home directory in Windows 2000 environment
>
>--- HTML contents snipped ---
>
>  May I ask those of you who insist in posting in HTML format to reconsider!
>     a) You're a SERIOUS virus security risk!

No. The risk is to users of particular mail clients. In fact, the 
problem exists in only one such client, as far as I know.


>     b) You're polluting email

Poppycock. HTML is a legitimate form of information presentation. It is 
the lingua franca of the worldwide web and it is widely supported by 
GUI mail and news clients. Personal communications must extend beyond 
simple text without stylistic variation for computers to fully 
facilitate human communication.


>     c) Attached images add an unnecessary burden on email downloads

Burden? On whom? If the poster feels the need to communicate visually, 
then it is their prerogative.


>Offending software:
>  AFAIK only MICROSOFT Outlook and  Outlook Express has this enabled by
>default; SHAME ON YOU M.S!

Again, this is BS. I use Eudora for mail and Mozilla (and before it 
Netscape) for news, and they all send HTML mail and images without a 
problem. You can configure the default message format and have it 
pester you before you try to send other than plain text. Likewise, both 
Mozilla and Netscape allow you to disable JavaScript in mail and news.


>...
>
>/Hannu E K Nevalainen, Mariefred, Sweden


Please don't be so atavistic. By definition everyone using Cygwin is 
using an operating system whose GUI subsystem is not optional. It is 
unreasonable to demand that corespondents here restrict themselves to 
plain text.


Randall Schulz 


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