Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1982 mails)

[Anton Aylward <anton.aylward@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Dave Howorth said the following on 11/18/2008 05:16 AM:
> Matthias Bach wrote:
> > Am Dienstag 18 November 2008 schrieb Jerry Houston:
> > > On Monday 17 November 2008 09:21:23 Xavier Callejas wrote:
> > > > I think that a lot of fault if of the email clients that has as default
> > > > write HTML emails.
> > > Indeed, and in a time when RAM is cheaper than ever, and GB+ drives are
> > > affordable, one wonders whether the old reasons to prefer plain text really
> > > matter that much anymore.
> > Therefore new reasons appear. Low power, mini display devices that keep you 
> > online 25/8 e.g. ;)
>
> The main reason for plain text mails and trimming posts, IMHO, is so
> people who still have to use slow dial-up links can participate. Again,
> that's not usually a concern in a corporate environment.

But security is.
The hassle of poor security, spam, phishing and various html-mail
trickery may be an inconvenience and annoyance at home but in a
corporate setting it is something that has a real cost in terms of
wasted time, administration costs and security risks.  These can be
identified and translated into dollar values and presented to the CFO
and hence lead to pressure for change.



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