[thelist] html dot syntax

.jeff jeff at members.evolt.org
Mon Jul 30 23:05:46 CDT 2001


john,

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> From: john corry
>
> Lately I've been seeing example html in posts to the
> list that has unfamiliar dot syntax...like:
>
> <.table
> 	<.tr>
> 	<.td>content<./td>
> 	<./tr>
> <./table>
>
> What is this? XML? I can't find any references to this
> in my XHTML references or on thesite...what is it?
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it's list members *trying* to be nice to aol users.  supposedly html within
a plain-text email message will try to render in the aol mail reader.
considering the downsides*, i'm not sure it's worth the trouble.

*downsides

 - takes longer to produce sample code
 - takes longer to convert sample code from
   the list to usable code for testing purposes
 - what percentage of our users have aol
   accounts and actually encounter this problem
   that this supposedly solves?

thanks,

.jeff

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