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Re: [cobalt-users] Global CGI



Fathi Said wrote:
> 
> (1) Well, HTML is for web pages, not for emails. That alone should be
> enough.
> (2) HTML is 50 times longer than any plain text message.
> (3) Not everyone can read HTML emails.
> (4) Nobody wants to read HTML emails.
> (5) Well, (2) causes enourmous costs (bandwidth) and time effort (html loads
> slower and you can be almost sure that it's a newbie post with "send him to
> the archives" questions).

(6) HTML reduces your chances of getting a response from the most
experienced people.  As does top-posting, failure to trim, etc.