Why this phobia to HTML mail?

[Simon Bowring]

On Mon, 18 Sep 00 13:11:11 +0700, Dr. Jeffrey Race wrote:

>You should not refuse them because that would  be impolite, but it
>would be a kindness to explain politely to them how they are violating
>best practice.   I often do this and have received many thank-you notes
>from people who had no idea what they were doing.

Absolutely - some people react badly when you point out that they
have been induced to comit "faux pas" as a result of their email 
client's default settings, and others are grateful so that they
can stop (a bit like pointing out that their flies are undone ;-)

Simon