Re: [R] Allow HTML email on R-Help

2012-01-08 Thread Patrick Connolly
On Tue, 03-Jan-2012 at 09:00PM -0600, Aren Cambre wrote: |> Is it possible to allow HTML email on R-Help? |> |> HTML email is mainstream and would really help with code markup and |> embedded graphics. On the contrary, unless special care is taken (rarely happens), HTML email almost invariably s

Re: [R] Allow HTML email on R-Help

2012-01-04 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 4 Jan 2012, John wrote: It's also a storage hog using several times the space a simple ASCII or UTF-8 message does. HTML email also offers a convenient way to slip worms and trojans on systems. Also, since there are various "dialects" of HTML, documents in one dialect may not display t

Re: [R] Allow HTML email on R-Help

2012-01-04 Thread John
On Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:29:57 -1000 Jeff Newmiller wrote: > It may be "mainstream" but it really isn't as easy to use or as > universally readable as plain text. > > There are other forums to meet this "need", such as > stackoverflow.com. It's also a storage hog using several times the space a

Re: [R] Allow HTML email on R-Help

2012-01-03 Thread Jeff Newmiller
It may be "mainstream" but it really isn't as easy to use or as universally readable as plain text. There are other forums to meet this "need", such as stackoverflow.com. --- Jeff NewmillerThe ...

[R] Allow HTML email on R-Help

2012-01-03 Thread Aren Cambre
Is it possible to allow HTML email on R-Help? HTML email is mainstream and would really help with code markup and embedded graphics. Just a thought. It's frustrating dealing with the low usability of plain text. Aren __ R-help@r-project.org mailing li