"David Lawler Christiansen \(NT\)" <DAVIDCHR@windows.microsoft.com>  wrote:
 > Do you write proposals, resumes, term papers, etc in plaintext?  While
 > some people certainly do so, chances are you don't.  You probably use
 > TeX, PS, HTML or another markable format.  Well, email is a document
 > too, and like more traditional documents, lots of people need/want to
 > communicate in a manner that plaintext format simply doesn't provide.  

Then they should create a document in the perferred mechanism and 
make reference to it via URL as supporting information for the rest
of their plaintext email.

I don't want multi-megabyte email messages going through any of my mail-
servers and then being exploded to tens of thousands of subscribers to
my mailing lists, just because some microsoft weenor saw fit to drag 
an insignificant icon into a mail message.

 > Do you REALLY think we're evil?  If so, I don't think you know what evil
 > is.  Evil is slaughtering those who believe differently from you, or
 > whose parentage differs from yours.  Evil is selling poison to
 > schoolchildren to smoke, or flying an airplane full of people and fuel
 > into a populated building.  Evil is blowing up elementary schools, or
 > releasing nerve gas in a subway.  Let's keep things in perspective,
 > shall we?  I hope you never come across real evil, even if it means you
 > might have to revise your opinion of us.

Is this a troll?  Of course M$ is evil. what you're describing above
is not a serious departure from things M$ has done that have been well
documented in various legal proceedings and by leaked internal memos
and emails.

But it's not really relevant to this list so if you feel compelled to
discuss that, then you should probably do so privately. (though I 
don't really feel compelled to collect a bunch of information that 
you can already gather by doing a few simple google searches).