Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 20:18:10 -0600 To: Andrew DeFaria , cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: For The Record: HTML Email on the Internet; RFC 2557 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed Reply-To: greywolf AT the-junkyard DOT net References: <5 DOT 2 DOT 1 DOT 1 DOT 2 DOT 20030410160138 DOT 024b4998 AT pop3 DOT cris DOT com> <019a01c2ffb8$adbd39c0$b454893e AT pomello> <3E960407 DOT 2030603 AT Salira DOT com> From: "Chalres "grey wolf" Banas" Organization: the Junkyard Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <3E960407.2030603@Salira.com> User-Agent: Opera7.0/Win32 M2 build 2637 On Thu, 10 Apr 2003 16:53:43 -0700, Andrew DeFaria wrote: > Max Bowsher wrote: > >> 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? > most new users to email - especially from the older crowd. that's a good example. ever gotten an email from your mom that says simply in excruciatingly bright pink; "I LOVE YOU!" in text so large it doesn't fit in the preview pane? i have. it's annoying as hell. i've considered adding her to my bounce list because of it. besides, pink on white is painfully hard to read. try it sometime. -- Charles "grey wolf" Banas http://the-junkyard.net tech advisor -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/