Posted by Wanda Loskot on October 09, 1998 at 03:11:10:
In Reply to: E-mail Trick posted by Eric on October 08, 1998 at 04:16:07:
: Can I do it using Netscape Mail?
Eric, that sounds like a neat idea. Hopefully someone else here will answer that
- I am not good at those technical aspects.
But something else came to my mind. For every person happy with something like
this there will be someone who is annoyed by it. I know I would. So, when you
learn how to do it be very selective and send it only to those who you really
really know will appreciate.
Why this can be annoying?
For example, I get about 200+ pieces of mail per day - I need to be able to scan
things quickly and above all download mail as fast as possible. All kinds of
special formatting slow down mail considerably. Further that fancy stuff cannot
be previewed in my window pane and requires openning additional window (and the
speed of my computer is not exactly the speed of light) -- all that causes
dalays and frustration...
And guess what, people who send me plain mail with regular text, easy to read
score more brownie points than those with those special stationery and rich
text formatting.
So - be careful with using anything in mail that is not plain text.
I don't say don't use it. But be very very selective.