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From: "Ronald Colby" <>
Subject: [HANDCART-L] Fw: Esx-Concerning embedded HTML
Date: Wed, 04 Mar 98 14:20:31 PST


See I'm not the only one with MIME problems along with HTML
This was posted on Essex from the site owner
Remember not all people use 95 some of us oltimers still us 3.1

Ron
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> Date: Wednesday, 04 March 1998 12:40:22
> From: Mariana
> To: essex
> Subject: Esx-Concerning embedded HTML
>
>
> -- [ From: Mariana * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] --
>
> Good afternoon,
> Much of this is personal feelings because embedded HTML and my email program
> Email Connection are not compatible.<g> I thought, oh, well....I am running
> Win3.11 [can't get Bert to upgrade to Win95 and we want to keep the same
> operating system on all computers] and I will just have to make do!
> Now I find from someone on the list that it also does bad things with some
> versions of Eudora. Digests are cut off when the embedded HTML appears in
> the text.
> There has been some traffic on the listowners list concerning embedded HTML,
> I find that I am on very good company!
> First part is from a post by a listowner....reply is from Brian, sy-ops at
> Rootsweb.com
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >> This is the way of the future, so we shouldn't make it sound like it's
> some quirky >>feature that is just a passing fad.
>
> >I could write a long book on why attachments and HTML in mail are
> excruciatingly >braindead ideas, but I'll leave you with a single thought to
> ponder with regards to >genealogical correspondence.
> >
> >We can still *easily* search and read straight simple e-mail that was
> posted to >ROOTS-L a decade ago.
> >
> >HTML has gone through a number of iterations already in the last few years,
> and >attachments have always been poorly standardized. If you start
> communicating >information using evolving technologies, you can be fairly
> sure that 3 (let alone 10) >years from now folks will have trouble and
> possibly be completely incapable of >reading and searching your messages.
> >
> >The MIMEish stuff is a cute toy and actually useful for a few things, but
> if you're >writing for archival you want to make sure that your information
> isn't embedded in >a technology that will be deader than betamax or 8-track
> tapes in a few years. >Cheers, B.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> In light of the above from Brian, I am going to ask the members to refrain
> from using embedded HTML in their posts to the list. Text is the common
> *readable for everyone* format.
> Please notice that I AM NOT referring to url addresses.....such as this
>
> http://www.hertge.com/essex......
>
> if you would like to see what embedded HTML is like, I would be glad to send
> you some, but not to the list<vbg>
> Thanks
> Mariana
>
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>
>
>
> --
> Mariana Bean Ruggles
>
> Essex-Roots Mail List [Essex County MA USA]
> Proud sponsor of Rootsweb.com
> Native of New Hampshire Living in Maryland
>
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