[delta_v] ship building

[Jamie Kahn Genet]

MS3 Armbruster <armbrusterb at pioneer.navy.mil> wrote:

> ur in new zealand, right?  i used to know some ppl down there - damn, that
> sucks if ur paying by the minute...

Nope. But most UK members of this list pay by the minute. Fortunately,
it's only bandwidth and my precious time being wasted by the html email,
ohhh! I've put purple text in my message - ohhh! Pretty. Gee, maybe 24
point type will emphasise my point - jerks.

> (sorry, but right now is when i thank God for being in the USA *ahem*
> neway - ), but like, if u use Windows or Mac, both of their default mail
> programs, and also pretty much most webmail programs, read html just fine.
> just a thought, don't wanna get anyone angry... i'm new :)
> i assume ur using, or have access to one of these two systems, since, as far
> as i am aware, ev is not yet available on other os's... ok so have a nice
> day 
> 
>   -- ryu

Why would I want HTML email when anything worth expressing, can already
be expressed in less space by pure and simple plain text? I'm a Mac
user, by the way.

Regards,
 Jamie Kahn Genet
 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jamiekg at wizardling.geek.nz [mailto:jamiekg at wizardling.geek.nz]
> Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 12:28 PM
> To: delta_v at AmbrosiaSW.com
> Subject: Re: [delta_v] ship building
> 
> Andrew Carne <andcarne at mac.com> wrote:
> 
> > Just calm down.  its nobody's fault.  Some clients just send messages
> > in html format.
> 
> Sorry, watching the progress bar as HTML after HTML after HTML
[snip]
> message downloads starts to grate on my nerves. Especially when I note a
> message that's not spam, and sent to a text only group I purposely
> subscribe to.
[snip] 
> Regards,
>  Jamie Kahn Genet
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