HTML email (was Re: [LINK] Mozilla - slow progress)

[hartr@redhat.com]

On 17 Aug, Luke Burton wrote:
> Quoting hartr@redhat.com:
> 
>> ARGHHH!
> 
> Ook!
> 
>> Html email is a very real problem. There are MANY people who use mail
>> clients that do NOT render html at all or which render it incorrectly.
>> Likewise, some mail clients that write really trashy html!
> 
> *Bing*. We have found the problem. HTML e-mail is not intrinsically evil, it's 
> just that most e-mail clients are rooted. I think this does not necessarily rule 
> out HTML e-mail.

*Bing* re-read my message - I clearly say there are many people using
 mail clients that do not render html AT ALL.

The standard for email is plain text - html just clutters up text and
makes it unreadable (frequently even by HTML capable clients). Then
there's the security issues that have been raised.

I am *so* glad I live on Linux and use a graphical, but NON-HTML capable
mail client (Ratatosk).

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