TSGL: Outlook VS Outlook Express

[Don Penlington]

HBCanon wrote:
>I use Outlook for email and format all my messages in HTML>>


This is generally not a good idea (unless there are compelling reasons), 
for the following reasons:

1. It is a waste of internet bandwidth. This, it seems, is starting to 
become a real issue.

2. There can be serious security risks associated with html emails, so many 
email filters will block formatted emails. Thus your emails may sometimes 
not reach their destination. These filters might be set either by ISP's, or 
by the recipients own security settings.

3. Spammers often use html emails, so spam filters will assign a high 
rating to such emails. In combination with other parameters outside your 
control (eg the route your emails take, the form of headings, etc) these 
ratings can increase the possibility that your emails could be classified 
as spam.

4. It will greatly increase the download times and limits for recipients on 
dialup. Formatted emails are likely to be around 10 times the size of plain 
text.

5. Some users such as myself have email filters set to send and receive 
plain text only. Sadly, this means that occasionally I miss out on some 
goodies. But I sleep peacefully at nights knowing---or hoping---that I am 
secure.

Don Penlington


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