Re: OT: Flamebait: Text vs HTML email
On Wed, 2002-07-24 at 16:33, Craig Dickson wrote:
> Kent West wrote:
>
> > Advantages of text only:
> > --------------------------------
> > Text takes less bandwidth than HTML.
>
> Vastly less, considering that HTML mail tends to use attachments for
> embedded images.
>
> > Text is readable on any system; HTML may not be (ie. mutt, etc).
>
> Actually, mutt is perfectly capable of displaying HTML mail by
> converting it to text, given suitable MIME configuration.
>
> > other?
>
> Does the phrase "email virus" mean anything to you? The insecurities
> of products like Microsoft Outhouse are directly related to using a
> web browser engine to display email.
Even on Windows, can users of Mozilla & Netscape Mail and other
MUAs like Pegasus get email virii? Is it only Outlook/Express
and Exchange that are vulnerable?
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