Re: font size and adding addresses

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On 6/25/05 5:15 PM, in article
atz02-NoSpAm--A4B957.00150926062005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Harri Mellin"
<atz02-NoSpAm-@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In article <1119735646.238252.151980@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> music2grow123@xxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>> Andreas Prilop wrote:
>>> On Mon, 13 Jun 2005, Jim wrote:
>>>
>>>> mail programs have a File/Preferences drop-down where you set the
>>>> font
>>>> size.
>>>
>>> This means you are sending e-mail as HTML. Silly! Send e-mail as
>>> plain text and there is no problem with font size.
>>>
>> Internet neophyte here. Please explain why it is better to send email
>> as plain text. What is the difference between HTML and plain text?
>
> 1. not all email programs show html emails
>
> 2. some of those that do are disabled becorse they don't want to load
> spam pictures and launch viruses and other malware that use bugs in the
> html engine
>
> 3. clown colors in email

True. There's also the simple fact that plain text messages will appear in
the format that the receiver wants, which is preferable to the sender's
desired format that the receiver might find hard to read.

> 4. adds and pictures

In some cases.

> 5. you have to be online to read html emails

That's not necessarily true. If the code for the e-mail is stored online or
the message references images or other objects on the web, yes, online
access is necessary to download those components, but that's not generally
characteristic of non-mass-email.

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