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The eGreetings Grinch
from the forget-the-ecards dept
Now, not only do you have to think about paying to send electronic greeting cards, you should also realize that many times they simply don't work. Many network security and anti-virus products strip out the electronic greetings thinking they may be viruses. Plus, there are all sorts of issues with any "embedded" graphics. I, for one, have received a number of holiday greeting emails that are unreadable, because I don't use an email client that reads HTML mail (yes, I'm a relic, leave me alone). While I, at least, understand what's going on, others are confused by the weird mangled electronic greeting cards they're receiving. My favorite story, though, is about the companies who completely forgot to attach their animated greeting to the emails they sent. Nice attention to detail.
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No, you are not a relic, you are my brethren.
The single worst thing that MS has done to us (outside of Windows itself, hehe) is to bastardize email [into something other than a plain text].
Thanks Bill!
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Heck, I can't read HTML emails either... PINE rules!!!
But all of the greeting cards I've ever gotten just contain a URL to a little webpage with the card, that seems like a much better way to operate.
msykes
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Virus proof.
You are not a relic. You are just virus proof. (hint: Pine may not be the best solution for rendering yourself exploit proof.)
Most of the time HTML doesn't ADD to the e-mail experience, nor help convey information.
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