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Re: Can anybody tell me how to send HTML-format mail in gnus
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Xah |
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Re: Can anybody tell me how to send HTML-format mail in gnus |
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Fri, 8 Aug 2008 08:42:48 -0700 (PDT) |
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On Aug 8, 7:56 am, Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demun...@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:
> Xah <xah...@gmail.com> writes:
> > On Aug 7, 10:54 pm, Tim X <t...@nospam.dev.null> wrote:
> >> I disagree with your suggestion that HTML is technically superior. You
> >> can't just make a sweeping statement like that without actually defining
> >> what it is that e-mail is supposed to provide. As someone else pointed
> >> out, an F16 is technically superior to a bicycle, but if allyou want to
> >> do is go to the corner shop, that technical superiority is not only a
> >> waste, but also a handicap.
>
> > HTML is simply technically superior. Sure, F15 is better than bicycle
> > but ridiculous. However, HTML is better than plain text in email is
> > not ridiculous. It is the standard the world uses by large, and people
> > want rich text in email. Wikipedia says the support for html email in
> > email programs is 97%.
>
> An utterly spurious statistic. Support for Finnish emails in
> email programs is probably closer to 100% than 97%, but that
> doesn't mean that everyone should be or wants to be using
> Finnish.
Ok. You used analogy to refute my reason. What is your real argument
that the ability to send/receive html formatted mail in emacs is not a
good thing?
Xah
∑ http://xahlee.org/
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- Re: Emacs usability, (continued)
- Re: Can anybody tell me how to send HTML-format mail in gnus, Xah, 2008/08/11
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- Re: Can anybody tell me how to send HTML-format mail in gnus, Ted Zlatanov, 2008/08/11
- Re: Can anybody tell me how to send HTML-format mail in gnus, Lennart Borgman (gmail), 2008/08/11
- Re: Can anybody tell me how to send HTML-format mail in gnus, Cor Gest, 2008/08/08
- Re: Can anybody tell me how to send HTML-format mail in gnus, Cor Gest, 2008/08/07
- Re: Can anybody tell me how to send HTML-format mail in gnus, Sivaram Neelakantan, 2008/08/08
- Re: Can anybody tell me how to send HTML-format mail in gnus, Tim X, 2008/08/08
- Re: Can anybody tell me how to send HTML-format mail in gnus, Xah, 2008/08/08
- Re: Can anybody tell me how to send HTML-format mail in gnus, Phil Carmody, 2008/08/08
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- Re: Can anybody tell me how to send HTML-format mail in gnus, Phil Carmody, 2008/08/08
- Re: Can anybody tell me how to send HTML-format mail in gnus, Xah, 2008/08/08
- Re: Can anybody tell me how to send HTML-format mail in gnus, Cor Gest, 2008/08/08
- Re: Can anybody tell me how to send HTML-format mail in gnus, Xah, 2008/08/09
- Re: Can anybody tell me how to send HTML-format mail in gnus, Cor Gest, 2008/08/09
- Re: Can anybody tell me how to send HTML-format mail in gnus, Xah, 2008/08/09
- Re: Can anybody tell me how to send HTML-format mail in gnus, Charles philip Chan, 2008/08/11
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