Re: e-mail formating

["Paul Camp" <pjcamp@coastal.edu>]

This capability is being implemented in the email component of the 
next generation Netscape application suite, Communicator. You can 
download a free pre-release version if you want to check it out but 
beware -- it is somewhat buggy and some planned capabilities are not 
currently available. Nevertheless, it is an interesting view of what 
might be done with email, among other things.

Also beware: installing it uncovers a bug in Norton Utilities under 
Windows 95. It took me about a week to figure that one out.

> Another possibility for general use might be HTML.  I notice that Micro$oft
> Internet Mail allow you to send in that format.  I have just sent off a
> test of a rtf document sent as HTML to a colleague who has the same e-mail
> software.  I'll find out what actually comes across.  
>
> The HTML format options seem limited--Font, Color, Size, Bold, Italics,
> Underline, and justification.  I don't see options for non-ascii symbols or
> super/sub scripts but that may be a limit of M$ Internet Mail--not HTML.  
>
> It is more likely for the e-mail software industry to standardize on HTML
> than a M$ spawned format.
>
> Rick

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