[or-roots] Re: Or-roots and AOL - I was wrong!

[Mary D. Taffet]

Walt,

I agree wholeheartedly with Cecil.

Though my system does indeed have the capability to deal with HTML mail,
give me plain text mail anyday and I'll be much happier.

Why you might ask?

Because:

-- Why should I have to store in my saved e-mail somebody else's graphic
background/stationary when I don't want to see it?

-- Why should I have to save in 40KB something that can easily be said in
5 or 3 or 2 or even 1?


If somebody knows of a utility that can go through saved e-mail and strip
out all the HTML code and graphics leaving only the plain text, please let
me know -- I'd love to be able to do that!

-- Mary Taffet
   [who is not at all "backwards" or in the "dark ages", but rather
appreciates the disk storage savings of plain text e-mail].



On Mon, 18 Feb 2002, cchouk wrote:

> The problem with using HTML for e-mail to the list is that it doubles the
> size
> of the message.
> 
> Cecil
> 
> [snip]
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: DaviesWalt at cs.com
> To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 7:52 AM
> Subject: Re: [or-roots] Re: Or-roots and AOL - I was wrong!
> 
> 
> I always wonder why some people want the rest of us to live in the dark
> ages.  Folks we have moved beyound the old drab days of plain text it
> doesn't cost anything to update your system to except the new formats so why
> should we bend over backward to please a few who won't update their systems
> *****  snip  *****
> Walt Davies
> Monmouth, Or