[SEL] Snipping and Flaming ( what is HTML )

[Listerdiesel]

On 12/19/05, Bill Boyce <bboyce at swat.coop> wrote:
> could someone explain what the difference between html and plain text is ? i
> went to the outlook express options and found i had the html button turned
> on, but i have no idea what
> thats all about,,,
> bill boyce
> lost prairie, arkansas

Bill:

HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language.

It is a form of coding that allows suitably equipped software to make
changes to things like text such as bold font faces, coloured text,
underlining and so on. All web sites run on HTML code of some kind or
other.

The problems lie with both the way HTML coding is handled in emails,
and the way it can be exploited buy some viruses. It also makes emails
much larger than they would have been if they had been in plain text.

The recognised default for email and Usenet news messages is Plain
Text, to keep messages and emails smaller and more easily read by a
greater range of programs.

Peter
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Peter A Forbes
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