[ARC5] Stinson on grounding.(Now font change)

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 1 Jan 2014 at 13:44, Glenn Little wrote:

> As it should.
> There is no reason to waste bandwidth in encoding a text message in
> HTML. Simple ASCII text should be used for text messages,especially
> when sent through a reflector. This allows clear communications with
> minimum bandwidth. When you waste your bandwidth with HTML
> encoding,you cannot be sure what will be received on the other end. It
> could be text with all of the formatting stripped out. It could be
> text with all of the HTML encoding shown. If you must send HTML
> reserve it for private communications. There are a lot of people that
> pay by the byte of data. HTML greatly blots the communication without
> any benefits.
> 
> HTML lends itself to hiding vicious code that is executed on the
> receiving computer.
> 
> Just my opinion.

Mine too !

IMHO, HTML is a complete waste when used for e-mail or text messages. 
It is just plain stupid. I have my e-mail reader, Pegasus, set up ONLY for 
"plain text".

vy 73,

Kenneth G. Gordon W7EKB

"Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway."--- John   
Wayne