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

[Hillary Corney <hjc@consultants.u-net.com>]

******    message to minivend-users from Hillary Corney <hjc@consultants.u-net.com>     ******

Hi Minivenders,
<Plea>
I have Both Netscape and Mirosoft Browsers ( various versions ) along 
with Lynx installed on Mac's and PC's and Unix to check that my HTML 
works with everything. However I use a plain-text mail program because 
plain-text is the standard way of sending e.Mail.

Microsofts stated aim as outlined in the leaked halloween document is to 
take standards and extend them so that the new extended standard only 
works on Microsoft products.

Microsoft will end up owning the internet if you/we let let them.

Support internet standards.

HTML is for Hypertext enriched documents. Plain-text is for e.mail

Make sure that the Inetrnet remains open stick to open standards. If we 
the Internet Community all determinedly stay true to internet standards 
then Microsoft will have to follow us!

Cheers all,

Hillary
</Plea>

>I will not argue with you that *nix ownes the net (thank God), but you 
>have little
>argument or you'll loose, that Microslouth owns the desktop.
>
><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>
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