On Fri, Aug 18, 2023 at 7:22 PM George Michaelson <ggm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have used a mixture of plaintext (MH) and marked up mail since Diamond from BBN in the mid-80s. Diamond was interesting but painful.I say this to point out that the problems of mixed format mail have been with us since before the IETF existed.I think "we can't solve this" is defeatist and "we can solve this" is hubristic.
I never claim to be able to solve a problem of that scope. What I claim is to offer a solution which makes the situation better than it currently is.
Most times I am ignored and then ten years later the people who dismissed my original proposal with scorn and ridicule propose it themselves.
