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Re: HTML tags



From Ludwik:
Why did the mailer offer non text options? The message
I was responding to (including the part I forgot to delete)
looked like a normal text on my screen. Why did this
changed into a document with HTML tags? Can we use
tags in our messages? What for? Why yes or why not?
I hope I am not the only one who needs some tutoring.
Ludwik Kowalski

Ludwik - HTML and tags in e-mail:

The answer to your question depends partly on your mail program.

Yes you can send messages which look like a web page- graphics, backgrounds,
formatting etc etc. This is part of the problem with viruses etc - you can
send code with the pages which does bad things to your system. When I send
HTML to some of my friends I get a message back saying "The message has been
rejected because it contains potentially dangerous code" - another says
"Your message has been quarantined"

I use M$ outlook. It has three options: plain text, rich text and HTML. I
regularly shift to HTML for private e-mails to allow highlighting, colour
and bulleting for heavy duty communication where it is helpful. I also
include images in other types of communication. On the other hand,
sometimes sending an attached document is the best solution.

My browser (IE) has the option to send web pages via e-mail, which I
sometimes do.

Some browsers cannot handle HTML and show the tags - ie treating it as a
text file. very annoying. So I don't send HTML to lists since they end up
on so many different browsers. IMO one should not need to type in tags any
more - this should all be handled transparently by the application.

Just a few thoughts - what mailer do you use?

-Derek