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Subject: Re: HTML-enabled mailing lists
From: Leslie Mikesell <les @ Mcs . Net>
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 13:29:51 -0500 (CDT)
To: rich . pieri @ prescienttech . com
Cc: majordomo-users @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <x7k9933txv.fsf@gkar.prescienttech.com> from "Rich Pieri" at Apr 6, 98 10:29:00 am

> LM> And before MIME, X.400 had perfectly fine typing too,
> 
> The purpose of (en)rich(ed) text, aka RTF, as a MIME type is to allow
> "pretty" mail messages.
> 
> The purpose of HTML/XML is to allow "pretty" mail messages.
> 
> The proof is left as an excersize for those with a clue.

Was I asleep the day someone gave away the mailers that understand
enriched text to 90% of the email user base, or have you just
missed the whole point of why HTML is being used?

  Les Mikesell
    les@mcs.com


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