Re: FN-FORUM: RE: MIME email type

date posted 13th March 2006 12:31

On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 12:57:04PM -0000, Dave Cross wrote:

> I understand exactly what you're saying[1]. I just think that anyone
> implementing an HTML mail system for a client should ensure that the
> client are well aware of the limitations of the format and the security
> issues and make the decision to proceed based on that information.

Quite. This is where we show our professionalism, educate the customer that
there are problems with HTML email and that some (significant number of) people
will not read them. Thus they should *always* send out a plain text attachment
as well as an html version -- even better allow a customer the choice when
they sign up for whatever.

This is part of the value of a forum like this -- get to meet people who view
things differently. The best of us will accept those views as valid (even if we
don't agree with them) and go on to do a better job for our clients.

I agree that HTML will not die the death that it should, my customers know to
give the option.

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Alain Williams
Parliament Hill Computers Ltd.
Linux Consultant - Mail systems, Web sites, Networking, Programmer, IT Lecturer.
+44 (0) 787 668 0256 http://www.phcomp.co.uk/

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