HTML is also on by default in Netscape. And sometimes,
even though I've turned it off in preferences, replying to an
HTML message forces me to use HTML. (Unless I want to
do special tricks to defeat it.)
Back to the subject, my vote is to block HTML, PDF, and
all attachments.
I also vote to fix the thing that at least twice a year gratuitously
turns back ON the "send acknowledgement" option.
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Wes Groleau
http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau