>>>> ... and email should *always* be plain text

That is, of course,a religious statement :-).
(And I don't know who wrote it so it's a targetless comment ;-) ).

Where email is sent to a large audience with unknown capabilities it 
is usually wise (and polite) to target the lowest common denominator 
and send plain text. Even in such situations it may *occasionally* be 
useful to use eg html due to some added feature even though this means 
that a few receive garbage. The need needs to be suitably dire.

BUT when sending email between persons/systems of known capability, 
html and other 'formats' can greatly add to the utility of the message 
and it's up to those concerned to agree on an acceptable standard. 
Telling people that they MUST use plain text in such cases is without 
compelling reason. One may not like the 'waste" of bandwidth or lack 
of undesired universality or the uncouth nature of the medium, but 
there is no absolute reason, apart from religious fervour, to believe 
that plain text is the only acceptable format.


        R (IMHO) M 

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