Ertugrul Söylemez wrote:
> bz <bz+csm@ch100-5.chem.lsu.edu> wrote:
>
>> E-mail should be plain text, not HTML. The behavior is correct.
>> If you want to send a web page to someone, send them the URL so they
>> can visit the page.
>>
>> If you NEED to send HTML to someone, zip or compress it into a file
>> and rename the file so that it does NOT end in .zip (I rename mine
>> ..piz)
>
> What's wrong with HTML emails without remote content? Why the
> unnecessary inconvenience with ZIP files? I understand that in some
> places (e.g. newsgroups) HTML mails are inappropriate, but why this
> generalization?
>
>

HTML may contain malicious script. Some people set their email clients
to view messages in plain text only.


jc