I think some of the standards have gone way overboard.. some things just
don't need scripting - LIKE PDFs. As soon as you make it programmable you
make it a medium for malware. The real issue is the paper bag security
model that Microsuck has.
JD
On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 8:12 AM, Lisa Kachold <
lisakachold@obnosis.com>wrote:
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> On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 8:00 AM, JD Austin <jd@twingeckos.com> wrote:
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>> I always send both... It's 2009, plain text was out in 1985 :)
>>
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> And html allows you to send the gift that keeps on "giving":
> http://www.technicalinfo.net/papers/CSS.html
>
> I prefer using firefox to gopher, media mail to text mail, and audio AND
>> video over just audio.
>> There is however a point when there's too much of a good thing. I have a
>> very low tolerance to 'elf yourself' and other such media emails.
>> JD
>>
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>> On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 7:50 AM, Charles Jones <
>> Charles.Jones@ciscolearning.org> wrote:
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>>> When you send email with the Thunderbird mail client, it gives you the
>>> option of sending it text only, or both text and html.
>>>
>>> -Charles
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 7:48 AM, Josef Lowder <joe@actionline.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> .
>>>> Is there a way to send an email message that is both text-only
>>>> and/or html? While I totally agree with keeping most email
>>>> text only, and I very rarely use html ... it is nice to send a
>>>> Christmas letter with embedded photos, and some nice holiday
>>>> graphics. So what would be the best way to do that and still
>>>> have a text-only version delivered to friends and family with
>>>> dial-up only connections for whom emails with lots of photos
>>>> might be a problem?
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