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Re: [trinity-users] KMail HTML replies!

From: "Marvin L. Jones" <trinity@...>
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:37:11 -0600 (MDT)
On Mon, 12 Sep 2011, Timothy Pearson wrote:
>> On Monday 12 September 2011 20:07:02 John A. Sullivan III wrote:
>>> Sorry but as much as there are all kinds of technical and security
>>> reasons why this should not be done (which I wholeheartedly embrance and
>>> which is why KDE resisted for so long), the business case is
>>> overwhelming.  KMail is a non-starter without it in many environments -
>>
>> sure, but why the heck should it (especially the kde 3.5.x version) be
>> a 'starter' in an ms-outlook-crap dominated environment ?
>> makes no sense, IMHO.
>> those who want/need things like that, for whatever reason, are surely
>> better off with kde 4.x (which has even more 'ms-features' anyways)
>
>We aim to provide our users with what they want.  Philosophically there is
>no problem with adding HTML support (through an as-of-yet unknown
>technical means ;-))--in the TDE style of doing things there would be a
>configuration option to shut off the HTML reply feature.

Please, make OFF the default.  IINM, that's what it has been until
recently in the KDE4 world.  The change in default caught many unawares
and it upset quite a few folks -- tracking the chatter on usenet.

Jonesy
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