AW: annoying HTML postings

[Fraser, Colin J]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Guido Goebertus [mailto:guidogoe at xs4all.nl]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 1999 9:09 PM
> To: synth-diy at mailhost.bpa.nl
> Subject: Re: AW: annoying HTML postings
> 
> 
> Hi all, Juergen wrote:
> 
> >I second this.
> >I can read them, but it's a bit annoying to open several 
> windows / start
> >a browser to read a few lines of text.
> >
> >JH.
> 
> I also agree. although I only have to click on them, it is 
> still annoying.
> You're running the emailer, than clicking on it opens the 
> browser etc, then you have to go back to the emailer and so on....
> There's also more risk of importing a virus.
> IMO this is going to be a new micro$oft(?) standard. In time 
> we all can send our photographes along with our postings, or 
> have tv pictures of us while doing our mods. brrr.
> I for one look stupid while doing mods, that much is certain..

I didn't choose to send mail in HTML - Outlook 2000 uses it as a default,
and it lost my setting for using plain-text on mails to the list when I
upgraded.

There's no more risk of getting a virus with HTML mail - the only difference
with an HTML mail is that the message body MIME type is HTML rather than
plain text, and HTML formatting tags are used.
A virus would more easily pass on as a MIME attachment than something
embedded in HTML (eg Tom's Happy99.exe post ;-) )

HTML is not a Microsoft standard - it's a WWW standard.

Hopefully back to some diy...


Colin f