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On 15 Sep 2009, at 11:24, Ian Tickle wrote: > > Phil > > Nothing at all wrong with plain text for simple messages as you say, > but > if you want to communicate a complicated equation (particularly one > containing a lot of Greek letters and math symbols not in the standard > ASCII set!) the HTML version is much cleaner and easier to understand. > Obviously I would never try to send such an equation to the BB, I'm > talking about private messages. The problem is remembering to switch > back to plain text for run-of-the-mill messages (and knowing people's > sensitivities I always try to do that!). On my client admittedly the > option for plain text/HTML sending is in clear view, in a previous > version it was buried deep in the menu options and had to be selected > before you started to compose the message, and the same may well be > true > for other clients. I didn't know you could sensibly do equations & Greek letters in html, but clearly html can be useful. I would have plain text as the default, though > > The other point of course is that you're never going to be able to > stem > the tide! There will always be people who will use HTML even for > simple > messages, mostly through ignorance, and it seems to me that if the > HTML > version causes problems as it seems to be doing in your client, then > the > easiest solution is to adapt and select the 'by default view as plain > text' option. > I suppose I also don't understand why people composing html messages would select a tiny font size, or is that a function of the Mail reader rather than the writer (which would seem to defeat the purpose of the writer formatting the message)? Phil (confused as usual)