OFF: win.dat (was Re: HW : Name)

[Ed Gallagher]

> > I view the =
> > messages that I've sent from the PC on the UNIX box, I see all the =
> > "garbage"
> > that Exchange converts to pretty colors and fonts 'n such. So, for those =
> > of you that use an older, less sophisticated e-mail package, this is =
> > where most of your problems are coming from, us bums with sophisticated =
> > toys!                                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>   ^^^^
> (Elm, Pine, et al handle Internet mail just fine and dandy, but they are
> not arrogant enough to assume that everyone will be using the same mail
> reader as themselves and append an application-specific attachment of the
> message on the off-chance.  Maybe Micro$oft think their programs deserve
> to waste bandwidth with impunity?)
>

Although I'm still using elm myself (not much longer I hope), I think the
formating features are important, just like modern web sites use graphical
extensions over and above the old text sites to convey more information
(is a picture really worth 1000 words?) Eventually the tools should allow
us to access this augmentation on a more "universal" level.

At least the data these packages send is appended and not imbedded within
the text (like most word processors) so that the message is readable.

Remember: The greatest thing about standards in this industry is that
there are so many to choose from!

--
"If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research,
would it?"  - Albert Einstein

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