RE: HTML in messages

[Bob Crothers <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

NO.

Links are awsome.  We are (at least me) are talking about email 
packages where you have the formating set to HTML.  This causes the 
mime type to be set to text-html (or something like that) instead of 
text-plain.  It then shows as an attachment.

Bob

-----Original Message-----
From:   John Hall [SMTP:jhall@hillmgt.com]
Sent:   Wednesday, October 14, 1998 5:46 PM
To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject:        Re: HTML in messages

Are you guys actually suggesting that nobody mail links to very useful
information just because you can't use it ?



Bob Crothers wrote:
>
> I second it.  No HTML in email.  My email (ms outlook) does not 
handle
> HTML.  When an email arrives that is HTML, then it shows as an icon
> that I have to double click and run.  If it is from a list, unless 
it
> is something I am very interested in, I choose the single click on 
the
> "X" instead (which deletes it).
>
> The thing with the Internet is that you must target the "least 
common
> denominator".  Otherwise you shrink your target audience. If 
everybody
> was always on the latest and greatest version of everything, then we
> would spend all of our time downloading upgrades.  Not to meantion
> what that would do to the little bit of stability windows has. 
 Crash
> 10 times as often probably.
>
> Bob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:   Gord Hutchinson [SMTP:ghutchinson@tstoverland.com]
> Sent:   Wednesday, October 14, 1998 1:45 PM
> To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:        Re: HTML in messages
>
> On Wed, 14 Oct 1998 05:08:27 -0400, Joe Teff <jteff19@idt.net> 
wrote:
>
> >Rob wrote:
> >
> >>>HTML in my email looks extremely ugly and hard to read.  I am 
using
> >>>Notes.  If you have an option can you please avoid HTML email?
> >
> >Luc wrote:
> >
> >> Is Notes that Bad or that clumsy?
> >
> >I agree with Rob. I am using MS Exchange and it leaves the HTML 
tags
> >in the text. It is hard to read, so I delete these messages without
> trying
> >to read them.
> >
> >Joe Teff
>
> I'd like to add my vote to the no HTML side.  HTML belongs on web
> pages -
> not in email or Usenet.
>
> Gord
>
> --
> Gord Hutchinson
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