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At 08:25 AM 4/7/98 , Peter Lewis wrote: >The "big deal," as you put it Randy, is that the primary purpose of this >list is to share information. To the degree that you suppress information >by sending it in a form that's not universally accessible, you do a >disservice to all. For that reason, you will find that it's generally >accepted practice in newsgroups (which I would consider this list to most >closely resemble) to send in plain text. That may not be the "coolest" >technology, but it includes the most people. What you're missing Peter, is that choice is the *sender's* perogative. If the sender *chooses* to send it in a form that fewer people can read, that's his choice. He should do so knowing in advance that it won't be universally readable, but that shouldn't prevent him from sending it. It certainly doesn't impose the bandwidth issues that sending a binary does, so it should not be an issue that gets anyone excited. Can't see it? Delete it. Obviously the sender didn't care enough about you to send it in a plain text form. It was his mistake (unless he weighed the alternatives and felt sending with fancy formatting was necessary). ------- Randal J. Whittle whittle@usc.edu (213) 740-7775 Director, Electronic Commerce Program Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California