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"Paul Stewart"

01/01/2006 9:06 PM

test html

This is a multi-part message in MIME format.

------=_NextPart_000_0012_01C60F17.4689FAB0
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

test html message
------=_NextPart_000_0012_01C60F17.4689FAB0
Content-Type: text/html;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; =
charset=3Diso-8859-1">
<META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=3DGENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>test html =
message</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

------=_NextPart_000_0012_01C60F17.4689FAB0--


This topic has 6 replies

MJ

Mark & Juanita

in reply to "Paul Stewart" on 01/01/2006 9:06 PM

02/01/2006 11:00 AM

On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 11:55:45 -0500, Robert Haar <[email protected]> wrote:

>On 2006/1/2 12:02 AM, "Mark & Juanita" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 1 Jan 2006 23:25:42 -0500, [email protected] (J T) wrote:
>>
>>> Sun, Jan 1, 2006, 9:06pm (EST-1) [email protected]
>>> (Paul Stewart) did this:
>>> test html Gro
>>>
>>> You failed. No html here, it's a non-binaries group.
>>
>> html isn't binary, it's text, but executable by web browsers
>
>You are correct that HTML itself is written in ASCII, but it is not what is
>normally referred to as "plain text" since it includes all the markup
>information. In addition, too many HTML editors automatically include
>various binary objects such as fonts and embedded images.
>
>In my opinion, plain text messages are preferable for email messages and
>newsgroup postings. Not only does HTML increase the size of the message for
>the sake of low value formatting but it can hide various malware. I have my
>email and Netnews clients set up to ignore the HTML.
>

Not arguing with any of that. However, html is readable by a normal text
editor, thus does not really fall into the category of a "binary" posting.
There are numerous reasons, as you've pointed out, for not using html for
Usenet postings. I certainly was not advocating that people should post in
html, just pointing out that html is not binary in the strict definition of
binary postings.

>Also, there are still people who use newsreaders that don't understand HTML.


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If you're gonna be dumb, you better be tough

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JJ

in reply to "Paul Stewart" on 01/01/2006 9:06 PM

01/01/2006 11:25 PM

Sun, Jan 1, 2006, 9:06pm (EST-1) [email protected]
(Paul=A0Stewart) did this:
test html Gro

You failed. No html here, it's a non-binaries group. Next time
try alt.test, or it's summer school for you.



JOAT
You'll never get anywhere if you believe what you "hear".
What do you "know"?
- Granny Weatherwax

RH

Robert Haar

in reply to "Paul Stewart" on 01/01/2006 9:06 PM

02/01/2006 11:55 AM

On 2006/1/2 12:02 AM, "Mark & Juanita" <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sun, 1 Jan 2006 23:25:42 -0500, [email protected] (J T) wrote:
>
>> Sun, Jan 1, 2006, 9:06pm (EST-1) [email protected]
>> (Paul Stewart) did this:
>> test html Gro
>>
>> You failed. No html here, it's a non-binaries group.
>
> html isn't binary, it's text, but executable by web browsers

You are correct that HTML itself is written in SCII, but it is not what is
normally referred to as "plain text" since it includes all the markup
information. In addition, too many HTML editors automatically include
various binary objects such as fonts and embedded images.

In my opinion, plain text messages are preferable for email messages and
newsgroup postings. Not only does HTML increase the size of the message for
the sake of low value formatting but it can hide various malware. I have my
email and Netnews clients set up to ignore the HTML.

Also, there are still people who use newsreaders that don't understand HTML.

MJ

Mark & Juanita

in reply to "Paul Stewart" on 01/01/2006 9:06 PM

01/01/2006 10:02 PM

On Sun, 1 Jan 2006 23:25:42 -0500, [email protected] (J T) wrote:

>Sun, Jan 1, 2006, 9:06pm (EST-1) [email protected]
>(Paul Stewart) did this:
> test html Gro
>
> You failed. No html here, it's a non-binaries group.

html isn't binary, it's text, but executable by web browsers


> Next time
>try alt.test, or it's summer school for you.
>
>
>
>JOAT
>You'll never get anywhere if you believe what you "hear".
>What do you "know"?
>- Granny Weatherwax


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If you're gonna be dumb, you better be tough

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JJ

in reply to Mark & Juanita on 01/01/2006 10:02 PM

02/01/2006 1:53 AM

Sun, Jan 1, 2006, 10:02pm (EST-2) [email protected]
(Mark=A0&=A0Juanita) spaketh:
=A0=A0=A0=A0html isn't binary, it's text, but executable by web browsers

OK, summer school for me.




JOAT
You'll never get anywhere if you believe what you "hear".
What do you "know"?
- Granny Weatherwax

Dd

DC

in reply to "Paul Stewart" on 01/01/2006 9:06 PM

02/01/2006 4:53 AM

Paul Stewart wrote:
> This is a multi-part message in MIME format.

> ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01C60F17.4689FAB0
> Content-Type: text/plain;
> charset="iso-8859-1"
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

> test html message
> ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01C60F17.4689FAB0

> HTML part removed.

*sigh*

Can someone really be this dense?

*kerplonk*

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