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Subject: Re: sending HTML messages
From: Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs @ hpc . uh . edu>
Date: 26 Mar 1998 16:02:59 -0600
To: "Otis Gospodnetic" <otis @ POPULUS . net>
Cc: <majordomo-users @ GreatCircle . COM>
In-reply-to: "Otis Gospodnetic"'s message of Thu, 26 Mar 1998 14:26:17 -0500
References: <01bd58ed$0cb1e340$3582cbd0@otispc.acunet.net>

>>>>> "OG" == Otis Gospodnetic <otis@POPULUS.net> writes:

OG> but at the same time, isn't the digest very unusable if you can't make
OG> a table of contents at the top, with the link (#name in HTML) to the
OG> message down below, and are forcing the user to manually scan through
OG> the digest until he finds the right message?

Ummm, no.  Digests are structured in a set format so that the user agent
can parse them and display them however the user might desire.  Thankfully,
my mail reader is not limited to the pitifully simple functionality that
your HTML example above gives.

OG> Kind of like cassettes/tapes vs. CDs, no? CDs are nicer, right?

The analogy is so flawed it doesn't deserve a reply.

 - J<


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