Re: Email signature

On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Joshua D. Drake wrote:

>
>
> >
> >mutt allows you to select preferred types to override the implied preferrence
> >based on part order. It also allows you to view any part of the message
> >(often needing an external viewer).
> >
> >
> >
> The majority of our target market will probably think you are talking
> about a dog that
> can read email with the above sentence.
>
> The target market runs:
>
> Outlook
> Outlook Express
> Eudora
> Mozilla Mail
> Aol Mail
> Notes
>
> All of which will by default accept HTML email.

Agreed, however, I just wanted to make sure everyone understands that
while sending email that is HTML with an HTML mime header is ok, sending
an email that is HTML without any headers is very bad form.

Most email engines DO in fact set the proper headers to html email so that
the recipient software is told that it is in fact html.

If you send an email with no headers in html to me, I get a bunch of
gobbly-gook that I have to cut and paste into a file and reopen in a web
browser to read, so I probably won't bother.

On the other hand, Pine (what I'm using) understands html email just fine,
highlighting the links and allowing me to open them from within pine.  As
long as the headers are set properly.

So, the real rudeness is in sending html only email that doesn't have the
headers set.  That's something that quite a few people still do.  Mostly
spammers in my experience, but the occasional post here has it.