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Re: Can anybody tell me how to send HTML-format mail in gnus


From: Xah
Subject: Re: Can anybody tell me how to send HTML-format mail in gnus
Date: 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
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