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> >>The longer that users have been using a computer,
> and the more
> >>technically oriented they are, the more likely
> that they won't
> >>care to receive HTML e-mail.
> >>
> >
> >Oh, I don't know that I agree with this at all.
> >
> Why?
>
> My rationale: people who have been using e-mail for
> eight years or more
> sometimes still use CLI mail clients, while those
> who are technically
> oriented are still sometimes less likely to use a
> GUI tool.
I've been using e-mail in one form or another since
1991, and even now that I use Yahoo Mail, Outlook, and
other GUI clients, I still opt out of the fancy
WYSIWYG composers and such and stick to plain text. It
just makes sense; you don't have to worry about
whether your user will be able to read your message
(well, not as much anyway) and you're less succeptable
to electronic nasties (to a degree).
> >Again, that wasn't the question.
>
> Again, the discussion had moved from addressing a
> particular message.
Oh come on, can we have a discussion without arguing
over who's on-topic and who's not?
> >Also, any opt-in e-mail marketing service worth a
> glance will include a setting that allows the
> recipient to specify a preference for HTML or
> plain-text messages.
> >
> Good point. Of course, by this criterion, most
> aren't worth a glance - but I suppose that goes
> without saying.
;) Yes, it goes without saying. *lol* I love having
the choice of plain text. :)
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