Re: [Evolution] outlook/word

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Sat, 2008-06-14 at 08:04 -0700, Axel wrote:
> Don't we think we can advance to RTF or HTML in 2008. I mean ascii or
> plain text was already there in BBS times. I agree on it not
> being .doc or docx or odt format, but HTML and RTF are universally
> usable formats, that every email app should be able to use and users
> should not need to think about the format or this anymore.

Please don't top-post.

I agree that email clients have to support HTML and probably RTF at
least for reading. My post wasn't intended to suggest otherwise. Clients
should also have a way of blocking HTML mail since it can be a security
problem and I for one want to be able to decide on a case-by-case basis
whether I'm going to open it or not.

poc

> ----- UrsprÃngliche Mail ----
> Von: Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>
> An: evolution-list gnome org
> Gesendet: Freitag, den 13. Juni 2008, 23:00:16 Uhr
> Betreff: Re: [Evolution] outlook/word
>
> On Fri, 2008-06-13 at 17:04 +0200, Chris Olive wrote:
> > One of the things I really liked about m/s office was outlooks
> ability
> > to allow the writing of e-mails in writer, thus using all the
> features
> > of word including fonts and formatting, will this ever be a feature
> of
> > evolution?
>
> I hope not, or at least not until there's absolutely nothing else that
> needs to be done and then only as an option or plugin which is
> disabled
> by default. We already have enough idionts sending mail in HTML
> without
> adding to the grief.
>
> > You can of course send from writer but I can only send as an
> > attachment
> > which is not always openable, this I feel is a major downside to
> what
> > is
> > otherwise a good replacement for outlook. 
>
> If you're sending a document for printing, editing or archiving, send
> an
> attachment. If you're sending an email message, write it in plain
> text.
>
> poc
>
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