Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/03/26

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Subject: [Leica] For Brian - email format
From: eperea at walkereng.com (Emilio Perea)
Date: Fri Mar 26 14:48:17 2004
References: <1c0.16cec34c.2d95e7a7@aol.com> <2147483647.1080307912@dhcp-152.sql1.isc.org> <20040326214041.GB3951@hermes.walkereng.com> <2147483647.1080308755@dhcp-152.sql1.isc.org>
 
On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 01:45:55PM -0800, Brian Reid wrote:
> >That stinks!
> 
> No it doesn't. Why do you think it stinks?

Although it is (obviously) a matter of opinion, I believe the
disadvantages greatly outweigh the advantages.  A plain text message is
readable by any MUA, reduces bandwidth, and prevents a malicious sender
from exploiting mail client vulnerabilities or just hiding his links:

 Vote for <a href="http://www.whitehouse.com";>John Kerry!</a>

Readability of HTML mail depends on the reader's mail client, so what
looks great to one recipient might be unreadable to the next.

What do you see as its advantages?
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