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Bruce Byfield wrote:
>
> > > 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?
Because I think it's purely objective...not even anecdotal.
>
> 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 don't want to sound like Father Time, here, but 15 years ago I was writing FORTRAN code to tie Vax Mail in to ARPAnet. The only CLI mail client I've used since then is PINE, and only when I had to. Even though I send plain text, I prefer to create it in a friendlier editor.
>
> > 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...
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