Tim:
> ...HTML ...used to be a foundation of spam and virus
emails. I
> still have a catch-all filter that throws unfiltered
HTML email into the
> trash. Very effective at catching spam that the spam
filters don't.
My volume of email's probably much less than yours, but
between my ISP
and McAfee I've never had a problem that way. Tossing out
the option of
formatted email strikes me as overkill, although it may have
made sense
at an earlier stage in the spam wars.
> The thing is you really don't have it with HTML email
either -- only
> if the
> recipient is using an appropriate reader with
approprate settings...
HTML seems to be the default in all popular browsers these
days. I know
many people who have no idea that their email applications
have such
options or why they would want to use them, and their mail
to me comes
in formatted.
As for Windows security, I grant you that's an issue. But
again I've
seen and even used PCs which have too many security programs
on them.
With so many free ones out there and the claims made for
them, people
pile so many redundant filters on their systems that the
computer starts
to crawl. I've been on friends' PCs where the hard disk is
scanned top
to bottom every time you boot up, after which a dialog box
from another
program pops up wanting to scan the disk again. The threat
posed by HTML
itself seems like a single leaf in the forest in this
paranoid landscape.
> What I find works well in those situations is posting
an example to a web
> page....
...which, as you point out, isn't always an option.
> There you can use HTML if you wish (obviously), but you
can use a
> graphic to ensure that information is displayed
properly (HTML renders
> differently in different browsers/ on different
systems)...
As you imply, typical email editors allow you to insert
graphics.
However, the formatting options are basic and unlikely to
run up against
browser issues. Plus, you can always provide the graphic...
> or even put up a PgS
> file.
...as an attachment with or without HTML. (But probably not
on this list.)
As for...
> put a link to where the information is at.
I think we all do that at times. However, you yourself have
had to
resort to extremely long-winded descriptions or
unsatisfactory
fixed-width text "illustrations" to try to make
your points on this
list. The fundamental problem here is that there's no
obvious place to
post a public example. Sure, I could make a little PDF
illustrating
various types of indents and upload it to Deron, Dan, or
what you refer
to as "the group." But just where is that after
I've sent it off? I
don't know and, therefore, I can't provide a link to it. The
closest I
could come would be to add a "comment" with
examples to the
documentation on the web site and point to that. That's why
I look
forward to the day when we have a PageStream Forum where we
can carry on
these discussions.
As for references to "www*dot*mywebpage," I've
seen this occasionally on
this list. I've only followed such a link on one occasion,
and that was
after the discussion had gone through several days of
exchanges and I
needed to see exactly what the person was doing. Call me
lazy, but I
rarely follow those links unless it's something big. For a
lot of simple
ad hoc examples it seems like overkill.
Anyhow, thanks to the person who pointed out that there's a
way to shut
off new look of Yahoo messages. I've just done that and look
forward to
seeing the next PageStream Group posting to see if it worked
as expected.
HB
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