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From: Andrew DeFaria <ADeFaria AT Salira DOT com>
Subject: Re: For The Record: HTML Email on the Internet; RFC 2557
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 16:53:43 -0700
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Max Bowsher wrote:

> 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.

I disagree with that assertion. I have not see HTML mail used in such a 
way tha tit detracts fromt he content of the message. Can you cite some 
examples of this?



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