Jeff Ratliff wrote:
On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 09:48:28AM -0500, Carlos Davila wrote:
I remember being irritated at receiving html
emails when I was an "elm" user in the mid 90's...and my initial
response was that this should not be a problem in 2004; however, those
who choose to use command line email readers (or even ascii terminals or
teletypes) should be respected for making that choice.
If you look at the monthly mailing list stats (posted not too long
ago), you'll notice quite a few people still use text mode mail
readers. I think mutt is in the top 4. Personally I think it makes my
life easier to just deal with text. I don't care about fonts or
background colors or smileys or graphics. Just give me the facts.
I personally do not accept html mail for security
reasons, not to mention the file size difference.
Mike
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