From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Phil Carmody Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Can anybody tell me how to send HTML-format mail in gnus Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:06:31 +0300 Organization: Saunalahti Customer Message-ID: <87zlnnqvvs.fsf@nonospaz.fatphil.org> References: <877iav5s49.fsf@163.com> <86hc9yc5sj.fsf@timbral.net> <877iat7udd.fsf@163.com> <87fxphcsxi.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> <8504ddd4-5e3b-4ed5-bf77-aa9cce81b59a@1g2000pre.googlegroups.com> <87k5es59we.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> <63c824e3-62b1-4a93-8fa8-2813e1f9397f@v13g2000pro.googlegroups.com> <874p5vsgg8.fsf@nonospaz.fatphil.org> <8250972e-1886-4021-80bc-376e34881c80@v39g2000pro.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1218217253 21848 80.91.229.12 (8 Aug 2008 17:40:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 17:40:53 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 08 19:41:44 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KRVy4-0007DV-74 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:41:36 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49898 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KRVx8-0001Ru-L8 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:40:38 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!newsfeed.straub-nv.de!feeder.erje.net!feeder2.news.saunalahti.fi!reader1.news.saunalahti.fi!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:gehAVbgGr32bIlsgpFC8l3lnLRw= Original-Lines: 36 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 83.143.57.195 Original-X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@saunalahti.com Original-X-Trace: reader1.news.saunalahti.fi 1218215218 83.143.57.195 (Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:06:58 EEST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:06:58 EEST Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:160978 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:56323 Archived-At: Xah writes: > On Aug 8, 7:56 am, Phil Carmody > wrote: >> Xah writes: >> > On Aug 7, 10:54 pm, Tim X wrote: >> >> I disagree with your suggestion that HTML is technically superior. You >> >> can't just make a sweeping statement like that without actually defining >> >> what it is that e-mail is supposed to provide. As someone else pointed >> >> out, an F16 is technically superior to a bicycle, but if allyou want to >> >> do is go to the corner shop, that technical superiority is not only a >> >> waste, but also a handicap. >> >> > HTML is simply technically superior. Sure, F15 is better than bicycle >> > but ridiculous. However, HTML is better than plain text in email is >> > not ridiculous. It is the standard the world uses by large, and people >> > want rich text in email. Wikipedia says the support for html email in >> > email programs is 97%. >> >> An utterly spurious statistic. Support for Finnish emails in >> email programs is probably closer to 100% than 97%, but that >> doesn't mean that everyone should be or wants to be using >> Finnish. > > Ok. You used analogy to refute my reason. What is your real argument > that the ability to send/receive html formatted mail in emacs is not a > good thing? You are aparently too dense to see my real argument in the above, so there's little point in me putting forward a real argument on a different point. The incentive to play along with your trolling really isn't that great. Phil -- Dear aunt, let's set so double the killer delete select all. -- Microsoft voice recognition live demonstration