On Thu, 10 Apr 2003, Hannu E K Nevalainen (garbage mail) wrote:
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> May I ask those of you who insist in posting in HTML format to reconsider!
> a) You're a SERIOUS virus security risk!
> b) You're polluting email
> c) Attached images add an unnecessary burden on email downloads
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> /Hannu E K Nevalainen, Mariefred, Sweden
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FYI, there is another reason, probably of more importance to the posters:
Using HTML mail equates your message with spam in the eyes of the message
archiving software, and a copy of the raw message is not stored, which
prevents people reading the list through the archive (e.g., me), from
answering your query.