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From:
Che
To:
Intelligent Dumb Music
Date:
Sun, 15 Jun 1997 17:02:02 +0000 ()
Subject:
Good/Bad Email (was Re: (idm) Re: Good/Bad Song )
Msg-Id:
<Pine.BSD.3.91.970615170105.16000B-100000@beacon.synthcom.com>
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At 04:18 PM 6/14/97 -0700, Gonzi \(Fresh\) wrote:
quoted 7 lines Plain text works for 99 44/100ths percent of us. Get a grip.>> Plain text works for 99 44/100ths percent of us. Get a grip. >> >ahhh hooey. just cause you can get to the store on a horse doesn't mean >i still wouldn't rather go in a jaguar convertable. i was going to send >a nice page with a graphic background and an embeded midi file to the >list but i didn't want to get yelled at :) how big was it? 8k. whoopee. >in the interest of the idm archives i guess i'll stay as just text.
I prefer substance over presentation. Why don't you put as much energy into the content as you do making it look pretty?
quoted 3 lines I>I >reckon 95 percent of the listmembers are able to view HTML in e-mail >properly though....
I reckon 95 percent of the listmembers choose not to use & view HTML email.
quoted 2 lines Ha! I will lead the way. As for sucky web browser mail reading>Ha! I will lead the way. As for sucky web browser mail reading >interfaces, check out netscape 4.0 and then we'll talk.
Tell that to my wife, who's quite happy reading email on her wheazy old Mac, that won't even run Netscape 3.0, much less the sure-to-be-new-bloatware-champ Netscape 4.0. And why should I have to give up telneting to my account from work, the library, or out of town to read my mail using Pine? Turn off the HTML, please! Che