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Re: [Asrg] Introduction and another idea

2003-06-20 07:42:32
On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 08:17:17AM -0600, Vernon Schryver wrote:
If HTML formating is so valuable, valued and nearly universal used,
why haven't we seen much of it in this mailing list?

Because in technical circles (and some academic ones), HTML email is
prohibited by cultural tradition -- the same tradition that says quoting in
replies should be done in the style I'm using here.  Elsewhere, another
culture reigns, in which HTML is the norm, and quoting is done by inserting
the new text above the quoted (and usually indented) message (which is not
trimmed, so that the entire thread is sent with each reply). Efforts to
impose cultural change are notoriously fraught.

Ben

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