Date:         Thu, 25 May 2000 07:05:04 -0700
Reply-To:     David Raistrick <keen@LENTI.TYPE2.COM>
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From:         David Raistrick <keen@LENTI.TYPE2.COM>
Subject:      Re: HTML
Comments: To: Bill Johnson <bjohns@DTX.NET>
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On Wed, 24 May 2000, Bill Johnson wrote:

> You were in the majority 5 years ago.  Pine/Elm users are much less than
> 1% now. How many years would you have us communicate in plain text?  If

Now, mind you, this should end .now. as it has .no. vaagon content.
should we like to discuss this further, let me know off list and i'll set
up a mailing list just to discuss it.....But.

Visit any college campus. Today.  Query the students as to how many of
them still use pine or elm to access their student email accounts.
Georgia southern, for example, has no opther option.  Students at Ga Tech
have access to a pop3 server, as well (i think...) as a web based email
client.  And yet, most of them still use pine.  Hmmm.

Not to mention the major organizations who still use plaintext email
clients.

but, the whole point here is that plain text emails are .universal.  In a
world of distributed computing this is an essential factor in
cross-compatability.  I still use my amiga to access my email accounts on
occasion.  I dial in to an old telnet server that i used to use, that
still happens to work (via a standard terminal program...dial, connect,
log in, get dropped straight to a telnet prompt).

Anyway, i digress.  Please, get this off the list. (and i'm serious about
setting up a list for it. mind you, all non plaintext mail will be
filtered out....with the exception of foreign encodings.)
....david (sysadmin type2.com, digital-galaxy networks, atlasta networks.
Proud pine4.05 user. (which .does. handle properly encoded html and mime
messages.  html attachments, on the other hand, are filtered and
processed.)

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David Raistrick  '66 SO-44 Westy                keen@type2.com
                                                        in Guyton Ga