RE: HTML in email -- MIDRANGE-L

Hi Neil -

>It say's I, like most people who no longer use DOS to 
>run their PC's, coal to heat their homes, or steam to 
>run their cars, have progressed to the point where I 
>use email software that has been developed sometime in 
>the last century and can handle HTML - and for those 
>who can't I have Notes set to "HTML & Plain Text" 
>(which will send plain text first for those with 
>Etch-a-Sketch PC's) just in case.   ;-)

My email software will handle HTML just dandy.  The problem is digest mode,
which just concatenates the messages together.  So all of the HTML shows up
in raw form.  Likewise, attachments show up in raw form.  A couple of weeks
ago there was a digest (which run about 40K) that because of HTML and
excessive quoting had THREE messages in it.  A digest should have 10-20
messages.

Here's what the second half of your message looks like in the digest:

<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">It say's I, like most people who no
longer use DOS to run their PC's, coal to heat their homes, or steam to run
their cars, have progressed to the point where I use email software that has
been developed sometime in the last century and can handle HTML - and for
those who can't I have Notes set to &quot;HTML &amp; Plain Text&quot; (which
will send plain text first for those with Etch-a-Sketch PC's) just in case.
&nbsp; ;-)</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">It's too much of a pain to change the
setting every time I want to send a message to Midrange-L, so my other
choice is to just unsubscribe.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Besides, the HTML point isn't in block
capitals like:</font>
<br><font size=2><tt>&nbsp;DO NOT SEND YOUR UNSUBSCRIBE REQUEST TO<br>
MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com.</tt></font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">PS - David needs to come up with a
feature article or something to make the monthly guidelines worth reading.
&nbsp;Maybe a &quot;punishment of the month&quot; to replace the old threat
of working on that 10 year old (probably 20 year old by now) RPG II program
with all the indicators used. &nbsp; :-)</font>
<br>
<br>
<br><font size=1 face="Comic Sans MS">...Neil</font>
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<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif"><b>&quot;Sims, Ken&quot;
&lt;KSIMS@SOUTHERNWINE.com&gt;</b></font>
<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Sent by:
owner-midrange-l@midrange.com</font>
<p><font size=1 face="sans-serif">2000/12/20 20:01</font>
<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Please respond to MIDRANGE-L</font>
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<td><font size=1 face="Arial">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </font>
<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; To: &nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com</font>
<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; cc: &nbsp;
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<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Subject:
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;RE: MIDRANGE-L Digest V3 #978</font></table>
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<br><font size=2><tt>Hi Neil -<br>
<br>
&gt;See David - proof that people don't read the info at the <br>
&gt;bottom of EVERY message ! &nbsp;:-)<br>
<br>
And what does your posting in HTML say about people reading the monthly<br>
guidelines? &lt;G&gt;<br>
<br>
Ken<br>
Southern Wine and Spirits of Nevada, Inc.<br>
Opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily represent the views
of<br>
my employer or anyone in their right mind.<br>
<br>
</tt></font>
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So let me ask you, is there a reason why you *need* to have HTML turned on?
If not, why *do* you have it turned on?  I send all of my external email in
plain text, since I hope that the content is of sufficient value to the
recipient that I don't have to try to make it look pretty to keep the
reader's attention.

>PS Ken - what about those who read the digest version, and don't change 
>the Subject field when posting ?  ;-)

Oops!  I try to remember to do that but occasionally I forget.

Ken
Southern Wine and Spirits of Nevada, Inc.
Opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily represent the views of
my employer or anyone in their right mind.

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