[Mailman-Users] An interesting statistic.

[Bill Carlson]

On Wed, 8 Nov 2000, Chuq Von Rospach wrote:

> I thought people might find these numbers interesting.
> 
> One of my servers sends out newsletters. Those newsletters are 
> avilable both in HTML format and text format -- users can subscribe 
> for whichever they prefer, although HTML is the default. Because of 
> limitations in the AOL clients, we force AOL.com addresses to the 
> text version.
> 
> I think this list gives a good indication of acceptance of HTML email.
> 
> My numbers:
> 
> HTML: 85.4%
> AOL:  12.9%
> Text:  1.5%
> 

Your data is skewed because HTML is a default rather than a forced choice.

One could also say that the majority of users don't change the defaults,
which would ring true with my experience.

I am on quite a few mailing lists, though admittedly most are
Unix-related. The flames for people who post in HTML keep me warm at
night (no, I certainly don't flame them). :)

$.02,

Bill Carlson
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