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Re: Around the world with Unicode

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On 2017-12-06, Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:
> Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> wrote:
>> Rich <rich@example.invalid>:
>>> I get more 'html' only emails (technically a violation of email
>>> rules, and also usually from clueless businesses so no hope of
>>> 'educating' them to do the right thing) than I get "smart quotes"
>>> myself.
>> 
>> MIME allows for HTML email. No violation there. There are other
>> reasons why HTML mail is usually a bad idea.
>
> The violation is that an HTML email is supposed to be accompanied with
> a text/plain version that contains the information, but as just text.

Agreed.

> Most of the businesses that email in HTML format forget to include the
> additonal text/plain copy of the HTML version.

But occasionally there's a pleasant surprise, which goes along the lines
of:

   "Since you are reading the plain text version of this message, you
   obviously prefer this format..."

 with steps to get text-only mails sent in the future.

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Around the world with Unicode RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2017-12-04 13:34 -0500
  Re: Around the world with Unicode Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2017-12-04 21:30 +0000
  Re: Around the world with Unicode Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2017-12-04 23:53 +0200
    Re: Around the world with Unicode Bruce Horrocks <07.013@scorecrow.com> - 2017-12-05 00:14 +0000
      Re: Around the world with Unicode Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2017-12-05 09:07 +0200
        Re: Around the world with Unicode Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2017-12-05 10:58 +0000
          Re: Around the world with Unicode Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2017-12-05 13:24 +0200
            Re: Around the world with Unicode Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2017-12-05 12:46 +0000
              Re: Around the world with Unicode Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2017-12-05 15:28 +0200
                Re: Around the world with Unicode Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2017-12-05 18:10 +0000
  Re: Around the world with Unicode Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2017-12-06 03:48 +0000
    Re: Around the world with Unicode Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2017-12-06 02:19 -0400
      Re: Around the world with Unicode Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2017-12-06 09:31 +0200
      Re: Around the world with Unicode Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2017-12-06 11:25 +0000
        Re: Around the world with Unicode Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2017-12-06 15:25 +0200
          Re: Around the world with Unicode "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2017-12-06 18:32 +0000
            Re: Around the world with Unicode Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2017-12-07 00:22 +0200
              Re: Around the world with Unicode Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2017-12-06 19:57 -0400
          Re: Around the world with Unicode Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2017-12-06 18:43 +0000
            Re: Around the world with Unicode Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2017-12-06 20:49 +0100
            Re: Around the world with Unicode Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2017-12-07 00:25 +0200
              Re: Around the world with Unicode scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2017-12-06 22:56 +0000
              Re: Around the world with Unicode Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2017-12-06 22:57 +0000
          Re: Around the world with Unicode Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2017-12-06 19:48 -0400
            Re: Around the world with Unicode Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2017-12-07 10:02 +0200
              Re: Around the world with Unicode Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2017-12-07 16:54 +0000
                Re: Around the world with Unicode Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2017-12-07 14:55 -0400
              Re: Around the world with Unicode Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2017-12-07 14:43 -0400
                Re: Around the world with Unicode Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2017-12-07 21:09 +0200
                Re: Around the world with Unicode The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2017-12-07 11:48 -0800
                Re: Around the world with Unicode Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2017-12-08 00:43 -0400

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