Hi Tom, On Mon, Mar 01, 2021 at 05:24:48PM +0000, tom petch wrote: > On 01/03/2021 14:22, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: > > Yes HTML is a disaster for email. But so is plaintext wrapped at 66 > > characters by the server because people didn't know better. > > > > The reasons HTML is a disaster are > > > > 1) There is no standard for HTML in email. > > 2) HTML has been turned into a presentation format. > > 3) Email messages used annotations for a decade before HTML which doesn't > > support them > > 4) The SMTP email infrastructure does not provide a viable means of knowing > > what formats are accepted by a recipient so there is no way to fix this. > > And breaks privacy. I find it ironic that the IETF seems to devote > forests to combating a slight possibility of privacy being impaired, > something that I see bordering on an obsession, but actively supports > HTML e-mail which drives a coach and horses through privacy. I don't think I understand what you refer to by "actively supports HTML e-mail". Could you please clarify? Thanks, Ben
