James Patrick Dugan on Fri, 4 Oct 2002 10:10:05 -0400


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On Fri, 4 Oct 2002 09:42:12 -0400
gabriel rosenkoetter <gr@eclipsed.net> wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 09:36:30AM -0400, Paul wrote:
> > Some forms of text formating require HTML.
> 
> Name three.
> 
> I'm willing to wager that they're more properly classified either as
> fontography or as page layout, neither of which is a form of text
> formatting. (Ask anyone who's ever actually laid out type by hand.)
> 
> > Forcing *all* e-mail to send as plain text is too limiting.
> 
> I absolutely disagree.
> 
> -- 
> gabriel rosenkoetter
> gr@eclipsed.net
> 

Correct me if i am wrong but wasn't email originally specified as text
only (like in an rfc or standard)?  It wasn't until MS pushed html with
its email clients that we had HTML emails (and the associated problems)?


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