On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 11:11 PM, Robert Holtzman <holtzm@cox.net> wrote:
On Thu, 29 Jan 2009, Dazed_75 wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Robert Holtzman <holtzm@cox.net> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 29 Jan 2009, Dazed_75 wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> Excuse my ignorance but what functionality does HTML give you?
>>
> Multiple fonts, colors, highlighting, underlining, bold text, indenting,
> insert as quote, graphic leements, need I go on?  While HTML may not be the
> only way to accomplish some of those things, it is extremely common.

How does any of this add to the information content of the email?

--
Bob Holtzman
 "The best argument against democracy is a five
minute conversation with the average voter."
                              Winston Churchill

It doesn't, except if you value your time and don't mind eyestrain.
Stick with what you're comfortable with and others will do the same.
(I think the horse is dead now).
JD