Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 04:46:39 -0700 (PDT)
To: Stan Jones
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I'd like one, Stan! Thanks...
Best,
Joe Shea
Editor-in-Chief
The American Reporter
joeshea@netcom.com
http://www.newshare.com:9999
On Sat, 7 Sep 1996, Stan Jones wrote:
> Much of this discussion has centered on the limits of plain-text documents,
> such as Joe Shea's American Reporter, delivered as email.
>
> It's worth noting that HTML documents (sans image files) can be delivered as
> email attachments, even with existing email technology. The reader loads it
> into a Web browser using the "Load File" command and then can rapidly
> navigate around it using internal hyperlinks.
>
> My paper, the Anchorage Daily News, has had an email edition -- usu.
> 80K-120K per day of plain text -- for about a year. We've developed an HTML
> version of the same content and are just now offering it for sale.
> Admittedly, it's still all-text, but it is text that looks nicer and is 10
> times easier to navigate.
>
> If you'd like a sample, email me (not the list).
>
> Stan Jones
> Anchorage (Alaska) Daily News
>
>
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