On Monday, August 09, 2010 00:29:23 Tim wrote: > On Sun, 2010-08-08 at 15:30 +0100, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > > But this is just a declaration. The message doesn't actually contain > > any html code, AFAICS. Things like <head>, <body>, and other tags. > > A HTML message section doesn't actually have to have any HTML tags, just > needs to be treated as if it might. i.e. Any HTML elements that are > found are parsed as per HTML rules, and the content treated the same as > if it were being parsed as HTML. e.g. All white space condensed to just > one white space, line endings ignored, etc. The head and body tags can > be present, or just presumed to be present in the right place for them. > Likewise for other tags. So you are saying that I can write just a plain text message, label it as being html in the header, and the typical mail reader is going to pretend that any/all missing html tags are there, and then render and display the message as html? Well, I wasn't aware that mail readers got that sophisticated. Can this behavior be turned off? I would guess yes, but... :-) > The original message HTML content had a few line breaks (BR tags) > inserted, to break the text in the desired places, but let line wrapping > fit the width of your viewing pane. And had a few character entities > (#39). Yes, that seems to be the main issue, I didn't find any of those in the OP's message, as I received it. But I guess there is more to a mail reader than meets the eye here. I'll take a more serious look at my KMail preferences. > The original post's scant use of HTML, only using the most basic, and > not bloating it with numerous nested tags and pointless ones (e.g. font > sizes all over the place, tables inside tables, etc.), make it one of > the better examples of HTML in an email. But that seems to be the > exception to the rule, people using dislike HTML for good reasons > (bloated content, quoting difficulty, security hazards, etc.). I see your point. But you know what they say, once you let the cat out of the bag, ... ;-) I still believe it is a good idea to keep the e-mail as plain text. The bad html e-mail habits seem to outweigh it's good (ie. reasonable) use as you described above. Best, :-) Marko -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
