I'm in agreement with Brian, but primarily for a different reason:
HTML is inherently more dangerous because of the potential to embed
(and hide) malicious code within a message.

On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 8:44 AM, Brian Ellis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Never HTML, please. The beauty of the present system is quick downloading of
> text only. If everyone starts attaching or embedding 1 Mb photos with fine
> details, then it will take forever and a day to download. Have pity on those
> who are still forced to use narrow-band Internet because their ISP does not
> offer anything faster than a nominal 56 kbit/s (usually slower) dial-up. I
> have the max available here of 2 Mbit/s ADSL and even that can be deadly
> slow with largish attachments.
>
> PLEASE NO!
>
> Brian

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