Re: [MLUG] HTML Coding on Mailing List

[Mark Haidekker <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Tuesday 01 October 2002 03:13 pm, you wrote:
> I know this might seem like whinning or whatnot, but is there anyway that
> those using HTML encoding in their e-mails please turn them off for people
> who use Pine, Mutt, or some other mail client that doesn't handle HTML
> well or even at all? It's kind of a pain to sort through HTML brackets and
> ASCII just to read a message. Beyond that, if you're using Outlook it's
> dangerous to use it anyway as it can cause a virus to launch.
>
> I'm not trying to be a pain, I just know that I'm not the only one who
> checks their e-mail with SSH and a console mail client. Thanks to those
> who do it.
>

Ugh. Yuck. Hate HTML-coded mail. Just hate it.

Ok, after this exclamation, back to normal. Why do we have to have coded mail 
anyway? Has anybody ever experienced that the message was enhanced in any 
way? Not just by the unnecessary addition of fancy fonts and background 
colors? KMail (which I use) can handle both, but I have never seen this as an 
improvement over plain-text.

And, yes, once you ssh into a remote machine and use pine, you are lost in 
the garbage. And garbage it is, because some hand-coded html would still be 
acceptable, but the M$ WORD-style output (tons of control elements per 
printable character) is just clutter.

Mark
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