From: rbw.qoole@juno.com (Brian Peterson [a.k.a. RBW]) To: ml@qoole.com Reply-To: ml@qoole.com Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 04:52:26 -0700 Subject: Re: HTML in e-mail On Tue, 16 Sep 1997 01:32:00 CDT Randy D Heit writes: >Since some people are griping about long signatures, I'll through this >in: Some people are sending MIME encoded messages that contain HTML text. >The mail system (mh) at the university here cannot display these >messages. If I try to read one, it complains "Sorry, can't display html >images on tty terminals." and drops me back to the command line. It also >doesn't matter if this HTML text is duplicated as plain text in the >same message. mh sees that the message contains some HTML and won't give >me the chance to read the plain text. I *can* still read the message, but >it's a real pain to do so, and I usually just throw the message away >instead. I just thought I'd share this with everyone. > >Randy > Damn straight! I've been trying to get people to stop this HTML e-mail crap for months. I can't stand it. -R.B.W. +-------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Brian "R.B.W." Peterson | I play Quake. It's good for me, | | rbw.quake@juno.com | so I'll frag everyone I see. | | UIN (or ICQ): 991335 +-----------------------------------+ +-------------------------+