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Chad Harris typed:

I fail to see why people go nuts when you post in html if it's
for a
good reason. I think html makes it a lot easier to read if you
use
italics, underline or bold correctly. Does it create that much
of a
bandwidth problem?


"Going nuts' is perhaps too strong a reaction, but be aware that
there are several significant problems with html:

1. Html messages can carry viruses.

2. Html messages are bigger than text messages, often very much
bigger. That may not be a problem for you if, for example, you're
in the USA and have a fast connection. But realize that many
people use dial-up, either because that's all that's available to
them where they are, or because they can't afford anything
faster. Also in many other parts of the world, people pay for
their internet usage by the minute, and anything that increases
the size of messages is a great imposition to them.

3. Everyone's idea of what constitutes an attractive or improved
html message is different. You may think your html messages are
beautiful, but someone else might find them unreadable. I once
had a correspondent who would send me E-mail messages with red
text on a black background. I could barely make them out.

He finally stopped and switched to text when I threatened to
killfile him if he didn't. ;-)

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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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