On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 7:31 AM, Judd Pickell <pickell@gmail.com> wrote:
Not everyone wants to have change a setting while just trying to view their emails. Although to be fair I use gmail so I don't have to be concerned about it. But I am sure there are people on this list still using Pine or equiv, since that is and can be done via commandline like ssh from a phone.

Maybe those folks should just go back to using carrier pidgeons.  Alternatives could include changing to using an email client that would support THEIR need to block or convert HTML to text.  Expecting the rest of the world to change to do what they want is just wrong and ain't gonna happen.


I am curious, how many truly html based emails do we get on this list? I would think lately we maybe recieving more, given the link structures in some emails; so maybe it is a concern now?
 
I don't know but I did change to using plain text for some time because of  the desires of certain people here.  The loss of functionality was bothersome so I finally switched back to the rich text mode of gmail.

I do understand that html CAN be used for harmful intent but then what can't?  If you want to fear technology, don't use it!


Sincerely,
Judd

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