[oclug] Stormix troubles...

Fri Feb 9 07:23:34 EST 2001

On 08-Feb-2001 Shad Young wrote:
> Oh please,
> 
> Any *nix dinosaur that refuses to use html is the one that suffers. Back when
> I
> first started with this OS, was on a 14.4k modem and only had pine to chose
> from it was considered courtesy to not send html mail. These days just about
> every mail client on the planet has the capability of reading it and frankly
> the continued "courtesy ban" is just plain stupid. If there are any who dont
> wish to use html, thats their problem. They can suffer through the tags or
> turn
> on html in their client and get with the 90's (let alone the new millenuim).
> 
> God you people make me laugh sometimes.
> 
> Shad
> 

Shad, most linux email clients do *NOT* support email.

Netscape is not an email program.  Its a bloated web browser that doesn't
support multiple pop accounts that crashes all the time.  Many people I know
steer clear of it (myself because I have 10 pop accounts).  Others because its
uptime is likened to an old man without viagra.

> 
> bbarnett at l8r.net wrote:
> 
>> Ian,
>>
>> Posting HTML is bad form....  and most likely will result in very few people
>> reading what you did post.
>>
>> On 07-Feb-2001 Ian Wormsbecker wrote:
>> > <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
>> > <html>
>>
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