Re: HTML in e-mails (was Consulting <Tangent>)

["Rob Zimmerman" <rob@readysite.net>]

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I MUST jump in here.... and this is my only comment..... ;-\ ....he sent 2 
messages that had THREE IMAGES attached!!! That was the problem! And 
frankly I was quite surprised. 3rd time and its >dev null on my box for all his 
msgs. 

Nothing wrong with txt mail readers....its mail! not www..... I am partial to 
Pegasus....probably the same reason I like Minivend......

Rob
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> <FLAME>
> Regarding HTML content in messages, this is NOT a MS issue since Netscape products
> produce this too.  I find it ironic though, that people bitch, whine, and cry
> about HTML in e-mail, yet these are typically the same people that are working
> with the web.  Sure, I like command line syntax, but lets face it, pine or any
> other mailer cannot hold a candle to the functionality of a GUI Netscape
> Communicator E-mail, Eudora, or heaven-forbid Outlook client.  This is 1999 and
> whether you use Linux, Solaris, SCO, DEC Unix, HPUX, AIX, etc., isn't it time to
> start using a mailer that the majority of the rest of the world is using?
> 
> If you insist on using an ASCII text only reader, that is your choice but you
> should shut-up because that is no different that a lynx person crying about the
> fact that he cannot browse or transact commerce sites on the Internet any
> longer...  That is why were are on this list right?  Commerce?  I would bet that
> there is not a single person here that is constructing a website with concern to
> Lynx compatibility.  We're probably more concerned about the headaches associated
> with IE 5!
> </FLAME>
> 
> Barry
> 
> Jon Griffin wrote:
> 
> > ******    message to minivend-users from Jon Griffin <jong@e88.org>     ******
> >
> > At 12:57 AM 3/26/99 -0800, you wrote:
> > >******    message to minivend-users from "Ben Hess" <benhess@san.rr.com>
> >   ******
> > >
> > >John,
> > >
> > >That was the default font in Microsoft Outlook.  I guess you need to give
> > >Bill Gates a lesson in net etiquette also.
> > >
> > No doubt about that! I use Linux, NT and 95 so I don't have that big a bias
> > but it is amazing to me how MScentric MS is. Redmond believes that EVERYONE
> > uses MS products and the .00001% who don't, don't deserve to have computers.
> >
> > While this attitude of, "you need to write to our specs", may work on the
> > Wintel desktop; it certainly doesn't apply to the net. In fact, MS is not
> > even close to being the major player much less the standard on the net.
> >
> > Fact is Unixes rule the net and in general (there are exceptions) they play
> > by the rules (i.e. follow the standards). But, Bill thinks he can change
> > everything on the server end with marketing. You would think by reading the
> > press that NT runs the whole Internet well the facts are to the contrary
> > and I really don't see it changing. The reality is you can't put mission
> > critical systems on a PC, much less a PC running NT.
> >
> > Just my thoughts.
> > Thanks,
> > Jon Griffin
> > jong@e88.org
> >
> > Check out:
> > <http://www.salsablanca.com>
> > <http://www.jongriffin.com>
> > <http://www.tongarecords.com>
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