On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 01:00:08AM -0500, Chuck Cole wrote: > > [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of James > > > > I had no option because of the limited abilities on the part of others. > > Not that others HAVE limited abilities, just that most CHOOSE not to clutter > with non-functional html for messages. There are many very good technical > reasons to not use html in groups, and few or none for using html. I was wondering about this very thing earlier in the day: how many times you found HTML formatting actually useful in a message? Any competent MUA can color first-level of replies in blue and underline the hyperlinks. Besides the memos from marketing and HR and commercial newsletters that look like glossy brochures, how many times did *you* find that HTML made something _possible_ or at least _easier_ for you? My only use of HTML facilities was when highlighting certain parts of the message in different colors to draw attention at correlations between some inputs into a process and corresponding outputs. (source code and error messages are a good example). But these are few and far between and I could have written a memo and mailed that around. I have never dropped a picture in an e-mail except with the intent of attaching it. I have never drew a table in an HTML e-mail. What used have you found for HTML in e-mails? Thanks, florin -- Bruce Schneier expects the Spanish Inquisition. http://geekz.co.uk/schneierfacts/fact/163 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20100612/31c6faeb/attachment.pgp