[GCFL-discuss] HTML messages for GCFL?

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AOL has come a long way from that.  Now HTML messages look
great on AOL, and AOL email is sent in HTML by default.

Outlook Express is not too bad if you don't get a trojen.

I use Mozilla Thunderbird on Windows.

HTML looks good in all the up-to-date email readers.

- John

On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 06:25:53PM -0700, gcfl-discuss at gcfl.net wrote:
>    John,
> 
>    When I had AOL and wasn't online to read my mail, just downloaded it
>    and shut it off, HTML messages were a nightmare for me.  They were
>    either filled with gobbledygook, wouldn't download because it was in
>    MIME format and AOL had no idea what that was, or duplication of text
>    in the e-mail.  It is hard for me to remember now, it has been years
>    ago...  It could have just been AOL 5.0 and now that they are up to
>    9.0, it is all under control, who knows.  That was my only issue with
>    HTML in e-mail.
> 
>    Now that I am using Outlook Express and have broadband, I am a happy
>    camper.
> 
>    Jeanene
> 
> 
> 
>    ----- Original Message -----
> 
>    Hey all.  I hope everyone has had a great new year so far.
>    I question was raise regarding the fact that the donation
>    drive message I sent this weekend was HTML instead of the
>    usual text.  Here is some of it...
>    The donation email was HTML and text (MIME encoded).  If
>    you have an HTML reader, it probably looked like only HTML.
>    I think the HTML version of the funnies looks better, but
>    there are down sides to HTML:
>    1. SPAM blockers tend to block HTML messages more often.
>    2. The emails are usually bigger. If it has both HTML and
>    text it is at least twice as big, but text only reads can
>    still read it too.
>    3. Some people just don't like HTML messages (still in the
>    stone-ages? Not sure).
>    1 & 2 are issues that I can live with. 3 is still really
>    the only thing keeping me from just switching to HTML.  I
>    want to make it so you can choose what format you want to
>    get them in.  When I get that setup, I will probably make
>    the switch.
>    I have bigger things I want to get done first, though, so
>    this will be on the back burner for some time I imagine.
>    So, I wanted to post this here and see if any of you had
>    any thoughts on the subject.
>    Anyone?  Anyone?  No?  Yes? :)
>    - John

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