Jargons of Info Tech industry

[David H Wild]

In article <3nd5k1dhv77j1bs88qjdl66cc0jnattvka at 4ax.com>,
   Roedy Green <my_email_is_posted_on_my_website at munged.invalid> wrote:
> >I think e-mail should be text only. 

> I disagree.  Your problem  is spam, not HTML. Spam is associated with
> HTML and people have in Pavlovian fashion come to hate HTML.

> But HTML is not the problem!

HTML in email is a problem. It makes emails much bigger, and senders often
"show off" by including irrelevant things in what they send just because
they can.

> That is like hating all choirs because televangelists use them.

It is not unreasonable to hate choirs singing advertising jingles. Choirs,
like HTML, have their place, but it isn't in emails.

-- 
David Wild using RISC OS on broadband