[geeks] eBay's Mail

[Kurt Huhn]

Eric Dittman wrote:
> 
> Every time I get an email from eBay and see the "if you can
> read this you need to upgrade your email program" I get
> annoyed.  Instead of me upgrading to some MS virus-absorbing
> POS email reader, how about not sending HTML in email?

Becuase they don't trust that you can parse plain text.  Apparently the
bulk of the population can't read - and only respond to colors,
pictures, and flashing/spinning/puking images...
-- 
Kurt
kurt at k-huhn.com