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Hi there all Most peaople here prop using email clients that are html compatible without knowing it. Hoe many out there are using netscape mail, explorer, Outlook express, Outlook, Eudora, or Pegasus. The only readers that these days does nto cover is the Linux/Unix/Solaris and those are just bassically text editors. Those ppl will continue for yrs to complain still. On that point I anslo got mail via that so dont say I dont understand. It is a matter of making peace with it and going on. At 01:30 PM 98/07/09 -0400, you wrote: >Well I agree with you guys, HTML mail is an abomination, but my point is >that you can whine all you want about HTML email, the likelyhood of the >hoards of clueless users changing to keep you and Will happy are about as >good as an icecube in hell. > >You may find happyness quicker by looking for a solution on your end >rather than beating your heads against the wall. > >Remember, grasshopper- > >"Tis better to light but a single candle than to curse the darkness" > > Jim > >Sender: Michel Therrien Date: 7/9/98 12:59 PM > >>Jim, >> >>I agree with Bill. I read my mail on a Palm Pilot while going to work... >>these HTML encrypted messages are deleted very fast because I can't easilly >>read them... >> >>May be I need a more 'modern' Palm Pilot. >> >>Michel Therrien >> >>PS: Should we apply Hogarthian principles to e-mail? Let's keep it simple >>for everyone. >> >>At 08:43 AM 7/9/98 -0400, Jim Cobb wrote: >>>OR you can get a modern email package which correctly interprets html >>>emails. Might as well not fight the tide, Will, it's you against the >>>masses. >>> >>> Jim >>> >>>Sender: William M. Smithers Date: 7/9/98 12:36 AM >>> >>>> >>>>I can't read the post below, and neither can >>>>alot of other people on this list. While >>>>sending HTML email may feel all new and modern, >>>>the truth is that you are alienating a significant portion >>>>of your audience. >>>> >>>>Email is fundamentally ASCII-based. Please, >>>>have some consideration and keep it that way. >>>> >>>>Thanks, >>>> >>>>-Will >>>> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Learn About Trimix at http://www.cisatlantic.com/trimix/trimix.html > > >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > <bold><italic>Start only that which you intend to finish, and Finish that which you have started. </italic></bold> <bold><italic>Coding is easy; All you do is sit staring at a terminal until the drops of blood form on your forehead</italic></bold>. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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