On Thu, 28 Aug 2008, Steve Greenland opined: > On 27-Aug-08, 16:08 (CDT), Kevin Gilbert <kevin952 at tpg.com.au> wrote: > > Not sure that I understand the ant-HTML stance in these broadband > > days. It did make sense in the Bad Ol' Days of low speed dial-up but > > not now. > > If everybody sends HTML mail, then it (very roughly) triples the size > of the archive(s) ... disk is cheap, but not free, especially properly > backed-up server disk. Good point. > Also, there's a lot of us creaky old-timers who remember when the > internet was text, period, and resent the hell out of the changes. Yes, I agree. Personally, I think the whole industry has gone downhill since the demise of the punched card! (Can anyone remember how to do a multi-punch anymore?) > Now get off my lawn! I'm off - but you could trim the edges. > Steve, hoping the smiley is redundant. They were, as are mine now!!
