TSGL: Outlook VS Outlook Express

[HBCANON]

Thanks for your response. 

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From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On Behalf Of Don
Penlington
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 09:43
To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
Subject: Re: TSGL: Outlook VS Outlook Express

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


 From the Beach at Surfers Paradise in sunny Queensland.
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