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Karl J. Vesterling wrote

> Get an HTML capable E-Mail Program. 
> They've been freely available for nearly
> 10 years now and on just about every platform
> that's got more than a 16 bit bus.

Just because some indecent folks have decided to put
indecent features into mail readers doesn't mean we have
to use those features.

Many things that seem technologically advanced at first
sight turn out to be utterly nonsensical at closer
inspection. HTML in email is one such thing.

If you enable HTML in your email reader, it will provide a
means to spammers to verify your email address. In fact,
if you program your SMTP server to reject everything that
has HTML in it you will almost certainly never ever get
any spam at all, perhaps with the exception of Nigerian
419 scams which are easily caught by baynesian filters.

Those who understand the issues surrounding HTML in email
will turn HTML off in their email readers.

The argument you are making here is the same old argument
that people have used to promote Microsoft, which we all
know is the source for the most mediocre products ever in
the history of mankind. Should we all use their products
just because the bulk of the herd does? Should we shut up
lobbying against their products just because the bulk of
the herd doesn't want to hear it? I don't think so.

rgds
benjk


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