On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Lee Corbin <<a href="mailto:lcorbin@rawbw.com">lcorbin@rawbw.com</a>> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Stefano wrote<br>
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> However, if you want to profit from HTML features,<br>
> there is no alternative. And yes, in many cases this<br>
> is unnecessary and equivalents can be found (e.g.<br>
> *bold*, /italic/, etc.). On the other hand, losing<br>
> hyperlinks is sometimes a pity.<br>
<br>
</div>Why can't the hyperlink be converted to plain text?<br>
I myself often copy things into a plain-text editor<br>
to get rid of html before posting, and I've never had<br>
any problem with links failing to show up.<br></blockquote><div><br>From a purely philosophical point of view, I find it interesting that we are debating how best to bring everyone's level of posting to the lowest common denominator (plain text) to suit the wishes of a very small minority of individuals, rather than discussing how we can improve their own technology to avail themselves of the best the list can, in theory, offer (html). Hyperlinks are only one of many things that could get tossed in the interests of accommodating the horse-and-buggy set. <br>
<br>There exist competent HTML mail programs that won't offer duplicates, security programs (or settings in the aforementioned mail programs) that will avail against malicious attachments, and so forth. Use 'em, sez I. <br>
<br>Joseph<br><a href="http://www.seculartranshumanist.com">http://www.seculartranshumanist.com</a><br></div></div>