From: "Robert Comer" 

I don't care if it looks good, I do care if I can read it or not...

- Bob Comer


"Rich"  wrote in message news:3ebac9df{at}w3.nls.net...
   There is.  The problem is that not all HTML is authored to provide
fidelity when such an action is taken.  While my messages should all be
pretty simple, I know I get HTML email from businesses sending me
statements or newsletters that are formatted with multiple columns.  I'd
never expect that to look good.  This and other reasons are why I dislike
read as text as a solution for any problem I've heard of.

Rich

  "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
news:3ebac085$1{at}w3.nls.net...
  >In this case the text message must be derived from the HTML.  How well
that
  works depends on the HTML and how tricky it is.<

  Could some smartness be built in to strip the text out of an HTML email
  message, that, at least would let me know what the email is about without
  actually having to look at the source or turning on html viewing...

  - Bob Comer


  "Rich"  wrote in message news:3ebab683{at}w3.nls.net...
     The read as text should use the text body of the message if one was
  provided.  My posts, for example, include both a text and HTML body.  Some
  messages could have HTML only as this is legal.  In this case the text
  message must be derived from the HTML.  How well that works depends on the
  HTML and how tricky it is.

  Rich

    "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
  news:3ebaada1$1{at}w3.nls.net...
    No, I don't prefer HTML, I use the Read as text, but the implementation
is
    faulty, some emails don't display at all, so you have to turn that
feature
    off, so you are then vulnerable to web bugs and other HTML nasties.

    OE is just showing the plain text portion of HTML emails when, in fact,
it
    should be stripping out the text from the html portion if no text
portion
    exists.  Also link get royally screwed up...

    - Bob Comer

    IE crashed once again...



    "Rich"  wrote in message news:3eba9f23{at}w3.nls.net...
       The released OE has the "read as text" feature which I
hate.  Are you
    saying that you prefer HTML email?

    Rich

    "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
    news:3eba97b4$1{at}w3.nls.net...
    It's not in OE yet. :(

    - Bob Comer 


    "Geo."  wrote in message
news:3eba5be2$1{at}w3.nls.net...
    wow, have they added a webbug filter to outlook yet? (I'm not sure that
it
    matters to me anymore as I stopped upgrading when they added the
  activation
    requirement but I'm still curious as to whether or not it's been
  addressed).

    Geo.
    "Rich"  wrote in message news:3eb9ffcc$1{at}w3.nls.net...
       George, this should interest you.

       The most recent release of Hotmail blocks images, both external and
  MHTML
    packaged, in messages by default.  If any are blocked there is a link to
    click on to view the message with the images.  Users can configure their
    account to disable this if they wish.

       The press release on this and other spam issues is at
    http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2003/may03/05-08SayonaraPR.asp.

    Rich

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