[dba-Tech] Force (HTML) footer in Exchange Server.

I have set my OE to display only plain text
so I got rid of all the popups and things I dont want

Lembit Soobik

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Erwin Craps - IT Helps" <Erwin.Craps at ithelps.be>
To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 2:07 PM
Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Force (HTML) footer in Exchange Server.


> HTML is getting very common these days.
> Every newsletter I receive is in HTML, probably 80% of E-mail I receive
> is HTML.
> If a newsletter is not in HTML, I don't bother anymore to look at it.
>
> I know, I know the disadvantages, but for proper layout it's the only
> choice..
> Need HTML to do proper layout formatting.
> And why would it a risk.
> Adding a link to a website can give you the same prob.
> And if you have a decent virusscanner wrong html gets cleaned...
>
> Never had a single mail refused because it's HTML, I'm using HTML for
> several years now...
>
> I believe HTML in mail is here to stay, unless someone finds a better
> way to have some layout posibilities in mail.
>
> Erwin
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bryan
> Carbonnell
> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 1:55 PM
> To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Force (HTML) footer in Exchange Server.
>
> > From: "Erwin Craps - IT Helps" <Erwin.Craps at ithelps.be>
>
> > Can I force a (HTML) footer for every E-mail that leaves the company
> > through Exchange Server (either 5.5 or 2K)?
> > Or some way to centralize a uniform footer for everyone, Name &
> > Function including.
>
> Let me start off by saying that I am not an Exchange Admin. Never seen
> it. Never tried to do anything with it.
>
> Be careful with forcing HTML footers, or any HTML content. You may
> inadvertantly alienate or out and out p*ss off your clients.
>
> There are lots of folks out there that want no part of HTML mail and
> will uncerimoniously delete it.
>
> You may also inadvertantly prevent folks that use the server for their
> e-mail from subscribing to some lists that will only accept plain text.
> There is one list I belong to that AOL users cannot subscribe to until
> they jump though hoop because some of the newer versions make it
> extremely difficult to turn off HTML mail.
>
> Just my $0.02 CAD.
>
> Why exactly do you want an HTML footer? If it is for clickable links in
> the footer, that is an e-mail client function and not a content
> function. What I mean is that the user's mail client will make the link
> clickable if it is a properly formed URL.
>
> The e-mail client I use will make a link clickable if is in the form of
> http://some.dom.ain, even if the e-mail is plain text.
>
>
> --
> Bryan Carbonnell - carbonnb at sympatico.ca Unfortunately common sense
> isn't so common!
>
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