Date   : Tue, 03 Jul 2001 15:18:20 +0100 
From   : "Ford, Dave (BAT)" <d.ford@...>
Subject: Re: VIKING COLLECTION DISC

> It's quite probable that the user posting the email doesn't know they're 
> posting rich-text or HTML mails, but a lot of users here are on dialups
> and 
> posting such can double, sometimes even triple the size of an email.
> 
       Indeed - in fact the latest version of AOL sends out mail in HTML
form - and it *can't* be turned off.

       However - the list owner (at least on Egroups/Yahoo) can set the
list to reject non-text data - this causes all emails to the list to be
turned into plain text - HTML posters will see "non-text portions removed"
at the bottom of their emails - perhaps the list admin can do something
similar?

       HTML email is an abomination - needlessly large and virus ridden
data - how anyone thought it was better than plain text, I have no idea.
(what am I talking about - of course I do:

       Marketting Dept: "Ooooo, coloured text, in Comic Sans, at 18 point -
Nice!"
       Techies: "Oh no...." )

       Dave