> William ChopsWestfield wrote:

> > All the email standards (excepting MIME, which allows anything to be
> > enclosed within an email) pretty much predate the concept of reader-side
> > formatting of "content."  
> 
> ..., for example MIME. A standard just as "standard" as SMTP, and almost as
> widely supported, albeit not always correctly. I just can't see what's
> wrong with it... I suppose even the guys that still use readers that don't
> support MIME are using Flash PICs these days ("real men use EEPROM" :)

I use fairly modern techniques in everything else, but I much prefer to
read my email in a unix text-only way. I prefer "elm". I do this because
I haven't seen a virus that can go through a purely text-only email client.

It also helps me weed out unwanted email: if it's html formatted (except
if its from my father who doesn't know any better) I pitch it.
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