[pmmail-list] hyper-text?

[pmmail-list@blueprintsoftwareworks.com]

> On Wed, 24 Jul 2002 19:32:28 -0600, Martin Moran wrote:
>
>>Saying that implies that HTML must necessarily mean graphics.  It usually
>>does not.
>>
>>The bandwidth overhead to download a minimal number of extra characters for
>>HTML formatting is itself miniscule.
>
> Have you ever looked at a raw HTML message?  One of those
> that gets composed in Composer or Outlook?  It makes our
> signatures look puny in comparison.  Once I was trying to
> find out just a little of what an HTML e-mail was about.  I
> had to scroll through three screens full of HTML headers,
> formatters, etc. before I got to any real text.  That did
> _not_ include graphics.  I don't call that miniscule.  (And
> notice that I just emphasized a word without using bold
> characters.)  And I can't imagine why any company would
> need HTML e-mail unless they're spamming.
>
> HTML e-mail is rude, crude, and unattractive.

As stated by people before: HTML messages are a fact of life.

As a personal note: I do like html messages when they are informative.  Like
the newsletters I receive from for instance DVDTalk, Starwars, etc.  Without
HTML these would look dull (heck, I want to _see_ what is mentioned).  Note,
however, the pictures are not included in these messages so that saves a lot
of bandwith (and harddrive space).Apart, however, from mentioned newsletters and some low-level typography
(bold, emphasised, etc.), I don't realy see an advantage of HTML.
I'm OK with the way PMMail/2 handles HTML messages (i.e., I have to open them
in my browser).  It would be nice, however, if "Open in Webbrowser" got a
shortcut-key (now I can only open a message in my browser after I first open
it in PMMail, can't do it from the preview pane).  Ah well, maybe in the
future :-)
Cheers,
    Hayo

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