Comments on: How To Set Evolution E-Mail To NON-HTML http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/03/04/how-to-set-evolution-e-mail-to-non-html/ Enhancing your Ubuntu experience! Fri, 11 May 2012 05:04:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Mike http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/03/04/how-to-set-evolution-e-mail-to-non-html/#comment-11978 Mike Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:22:22 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=295#comment-11978 I like reading comments like 1 - "[HTML mail allows them to] call back? So what?" --hellothere 2 - "[HTML email allows you] to express yourself superiorly." --hellothere 3 - "Its the 21st century and its about time we moved on from ASCII." --infodroid These quotes reveal a severe lack of knowledge and/or consideration of security. To address 1, maybe you don't mind having your computer used for hidden unwarranted communication, but I do. Not only do I, but I don't understand why you wouldn't. To address 2, if your message necessitates HTML, either you have not developed your skills of communication well enough or what you want to send is not a message at all, and thus, isn't meant for email. As for HTML allowing you to express yourself in a superior way, well, let all the professional writers in the world know that there is now a better way for them to express themselves using markup instead of language, colors instead of words, alignment instead of punctuation. Let them know what they've been missing. As for 3, well, I don't know where to start. I guess I would ask for an example of a computer that in some way or another does not use ASCII. Even the most modern processors and operating systems have use for ASCII. I would even say in response that "It's the 21st century and ASCII has not gone anywhere." I think people have an aversion to ASCII because they associate it with antiquity for some reason. ASCII is nothing but a mathematical bijection among a subset of the integers and characters. This allows plain English messages to be exchanged by computers. Isn't that the purpose of email? I like reading comments like

1 – “[HTML mail allows them to] call back? So what?” –hellothere
2 – “[HTML email allows you] to express yourself superiorly.” –hellothere
3 – “Its the 21st century and its about time we moved on from ASCII.” –infodroid

These quotes reveal a severe lack of knowledge and/or consideration of security. To address 1, maybe you don’t mind having your computer used for hidden unwarranted communication, but I do. Not only do I, but I don’t understand why you wouldn’t. To address 2, if your message necessitates HTML, either you have not developed your skills of communication well enough or what you want to send is not a message at all, and thus, isn’t meant for email. As for HTML allowing you to express yourself in a superior way, well, let all the professional writers in the world know that there is now a better way for them to express themselves using markup instead of language, colors instead of words, alignment instead of punctuation. Let them know what they’ve been missing.

As for 3, well, I don’t know where to start. I guess I would ask for an example of a computer that in some way or another does not use ASCII. Even the most modern processors and operating systems have use for ASCII. I would even say in response that “It’s the 21st century and ASCII has not gone anywhere.”

I think people have an aversion to ASCII because they associate it with antiquity for some reason. ASCII is nothing but a mathematical bijection among a subset of the integers and characters. This allows plain English messages to be exchanged by computers. Isn’t that the purpose of email?

]]> By: chris http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/03/04/how-to-set-evolution-e-mail-to-non-html/#comment-9342 chris Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:13:14 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=295#comment-9342 I was trying to figure out how to turn html ON. Your directions worked great for that too. :-P I was trying to figure out how to turn html ON. Your directions worked great for that too. :-P

]]> By: joe martin http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/03/04/how-to-set-evolution-e-mail-to-non-html/#comment-1190 joe martin Tue, 22 May 2007 16:28:06 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=295#comment-1190 I think you have some good points here. For example, FBI's "Magic Lantern" can reportedly be installed on a recipient's computer if recipient opens an html message, esp. one with graphics, music, etc., and once installed it reports every keystroke the recipient makes on his or her puter back to spy quarters. ! I don't know if it can be installed using a non-html format, but seems would be more difficult to install in just a text program. E mail should be simple text, businesslike, without ads and spyware. thanks I think you have some good points here. For example, FBI’s “Magic Lantern” can reportedly be installed on a recipient’s computer if recipient opens an html message, esp. one with graphics, music, etc., and once installed it reports every keystroke the recipient makes on his or her puter back to spy quarters. !
I don’t know if it can be installed using a non-html format, but seems would be more difficult to install in just a text program.
E mail should be simple text, businesslike, without ads and spyware. thanks

]]> By: infodroid http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/03/04/how-to-set-evolution-e-mail-to-non-html/#comment-1189 infodroid Tue, 06 Mar 2007 13:07:52 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=295#comment-1189 Its the 21st century and its about time we moved on from ASCII. There is no excuse not to render HTML by default. Its the 21st century and its about time we moved on from ASCII. There is no excuse not to render HTML by default.

]]> By: hellothere http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/03/04/how-to-set-evolution-e-mail-to-non-html/#comment-1188 hellothere Mon, 05 Mar 2007 21:49:00 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=295#comment-1188 "1. HTML email can be dangerous" because they can call back? So what? At least I got such filters that I have not seen spam in my inbox(es) for the last 3 years or so. Let some one waste their time. What comes to the rest dangerousness I have my software updated and maintained properly, thank you. "2. HTML email wastes bandwidth" No. First of all, it's an investment. You lose a little bit bandwidth to be able to express yourself superiorly. It's justified. Second, I can hardly imagine your downlink being maxed out constantly because of HTML email. There's enough bandwidth to send all the email in the world 10 times again just for the fun of it. "3. HTML email is not always user friendly". Uhh. Accessibility? Well, if you got accessibility features for your browser you got it for HTML mails as well. Use proper renderer/engine/whatever and stop toying with inferior products. --- That ASCII ribbon campaign is plain moot and silly. Get real, the new expressive power is good usability and gives often great extra value addition to the communication service provided by e-mail. You are completely missing the point, making wrong decisions for wrong reasons. People: Turn the HTML stuff on. Always. Use it. It's here for it and ALL the sane software, environments (such as networks) and people just love all the features of it. What you see here on these blogs is just plain elitistic nerd laming. “1. HTML email can be dangerous” because they can call back? So what? At least I got such filters that I have not seen spam in my inbox(es) for the last 3 years or so. Let some one waste their time. What comes to the rest dangerousness I have my software updated and maintained properly, thank you.

“2. HTML email wastes bandwidth” No. First of all, it’s an investment. You lose a little bit bandwidth to be able to express yourself superiorly. It’s justified. Second, I can hardly imagine your downlink being maxed out constantly because of HTML email. There’s enough bandwidth to send all the email in the world 10 times again just for the fun of it.

“3. HTML email is not always user friendly”. Uhh. Accessibility? Well, if you got accessibility features for your browser you got it for HTML mails as well. Use proper renderer/engine/whatever and stop toying with inferior products.

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That ASCII ribbon campaign is plain moot and silly. Get real, the new expressive power is good usability and gives often great extra value addition to the communication service provided by e-mail. You are completely missing the point, making wrong decisions for wrong reasons.

People: Turn the HTML stuff on. Always. Use it. It’s here for it and ALL the sane software, environments (such as networks) and people just love all the features of it. What you see here on these blogs is just plain elitistic nerd laming.

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