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Re: For The Record: HTML Email on the Internet; RFC 2557
- From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb at ukf dot net>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>,"Randall R Schulz" <rrschulz at cris dot com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 00:26:55 +0100
- Subject: Re: For The Record: HTML Email on the Internet; RFC 2557
- References: <5.2.1.1.2.20030410160138.024b4998@pop3.cris.com>
Randall R Schulz wrote:
> To Whom It May Concern,
>
> The IETF publishes this standard for electronic mail on the Internet
> using HTML and even supports resource references in the HTML whose
> targets (images, sounds, etc.) can be incorporated into the same MIME
> message as the HTML body.
>
> In my opinion, it's simply foolish to anchor electronic mail in the
> pre-markup, pre-media days of text-only electronic communication.
There's nothing wrong with HTML mail when used tastefully and in a way which
enhances communication.
Unfortunately, a lot (most?) of the time, HTML mail is used in such a way
that it detracts from the content of the message and is simply a needless
bandwidth sucker.
Max.
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