The difference are given below-

E-mail can be sent in either plain text or HTML-formatted. Originally, e-mail was based on just straight text. What you typed was what you saw.

With the new HTML-formatted e-mails, you can include pictures, hyperlinks, and other web page characteristics in your e-mails. It's almost like composing a web page within an e-mail message. Unfortunately, if the person you are sending an HTML-formatted message to is using an e-mail program that doesn't support HTML, they'll get a message with a lot of HTML tags (, , , etc.) scattered throughout the text.

The good news is that most e-mail programs default to the plain text format as long as you don't include any pictures, or other HTML elements.

To check your e-mail program's settings, check the Options or Preferences and look for the "Formatting" section. This should tell you how your outgoing messages are being formatted. If there is no such option, you can be pretty sure that you're only sending plain text messages.

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The difference are given below-

E-mail can be sent in either plain text or HTML-formatted. Originally, e-mail was based on just straight text. What you typed was what you saw.

With the new HTML-formatted e-mails, you can include pictures, hyperlinks, and other web page characteristics in your e-mails. It's almost like composing a web page within an e-mail message. Unfortunately, if the person you are sending an HTML-formatted message to is using an e-mail program that doesn't support HTML, they'll get a message with a lot of HTML tags (, , , etc.) scattered throughout the text.

The good news is that most e-mail programs default to the plain text format as long as you don't include any pictures, or other HTML elements.

To check your e-mail program's settings, check the Options or Preferences and look for the "Formatting" section. This should tell you how your outgoing messages are being formatted. If there is no such option, you can be pretty sure that you're only sending plain text messages.


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Answered by Uttam , an ibibo Master, at 6:48 PM on July 21, 2008

The difference are given below-

E-mail can be sent in either plain text or HTML-formatted. Originally, e-mail was based on just straight text. What you typed was what you saw.

With the new HTML-formatted e-mails, you can include pictures, hyperlinks, and other web page characteristics in your e-mails. It's almost like composing a web page within an e-mail message. Unfortunately, if the person you are sending an HTML-formatted message to is using an e-mail program that doesn't support HTML, they'll get a message with a lot of HTML tags (, , , etc.) scattered throughout the text.

The good news is that most e-mail programs default to the plain text format as long as you don't include any pictures, or other HTML elements.

To check your e-mail program's settings, check the Options or Preferences and look for the "Formatting" section. This should tell you how your outgoing messages are being formatted. If there is no such option, you can be pretty sure that you're only sending plain text messages.

Answered by Rocky , an ibibo Master, at 7:42 PM on July 19, 2008

The difference are given below-

E-mail can be sent in either plain text or HTML-formatted. Originally, e-mail was based on just straight text. What you typed was what you saw.

With the new HTML-formatted e-mails, you can include pictures, hyperlinks, and other web page characteristics in your e-mails. It's almost like composing a web page within an e-mail message. Unfortunately, if the person you are sending an HTML-formatted message to is using an e-mail program that doesn't support HTML, they'll get a message with a lot of HTML tags (, , , etc.) scattered throughout the text.

The good news is that most e-mail programs default to the plain text format as long as you don't include any pictures, or other HTML elements.

To check your e-mail program's settings, check the Options or Preferences and look for the "Formatting" section. This should tell you how your outgoing messages are being formatted. If there is no such option, you can be pretty sure that you're only sending plain text messages.

Answered by Ni .. , an ibibo Master, at 1:17 AM on July 18, 2008

The difference are given below-

E-mail can be sent in either plain text or HTML-formatted. Originally, e-mail was based on just straight text. What you typed was what you saw.

With the new HTML-formatted e-mails, you can include pictures, hyperlinks, and other web page characteristics in your e-mails. It's almost like composing a web page within an e-mail message. Unfortunately, if the person you are sending an HTML-formatted message to is using an e-mail program that doesn't support HTML, they'll get a message with a lot of HTML tags (, , , etc.) scattered throughout the text.

The good news is that most e-mail programs default to the plain text format as long as you don't include any pictures, or other HTML elements.

To check your e-mail program's settings, check the Options or Preferences and look for the "Formatting" section. This should tell you how your outgoing messages are being formatted. If there is no such option, you can be pretty sure that you're only sending plain text messages.

Answered by Yash , an ibibo Master, at 9:33 AM on July 14, 2008

The difference are given below-

E-mail can be sent in either plain text or HTML-formatted. Originally, e-mail was based on just straight text. What you typed was what you saw.

With the new HTML-formatted e-mails, you can include pictures, hyperlinks, and other web page characteristics in your e-mails. It's almost like composing a web page within an e-mail message. Unfortunately, if the person you are sending an HTML-formatted message to is using an e-mail program that doesn't support HTML, they'll get a message with a lot of HTML tags (, , , etc.) scattered throughout the text.

The good news is that most e-mail programs default to the plain text format as long as you don't include any pictures, or other HTML elements.

To check your e-mail program's settings, check the Options or Preferences and look for the "Formatting" section. This should tell you how your outgoing messages are being formatted. If there is no such option, you can be pretty sure that you're only sending plain text messages.

Answered by .... ..... , an ibibo Master, at 6:16 AM on July 12, 2008

The difference are given below-

E-mail can be sent in either plain text or HTML-formatted. Originally, e-mail was based on just straight text. What you typed was what you saw.

With the new HTML-formatted e-mails, you can include pictures, hyperlinks, and other web page characteristics in your e-mails. It's almost like composing a web page within an e-mail message. Unfortunately, if the person you are sending an HTML-formatted message to is using an e-mail program that doesn't support HTML, they'll get a message with a lot of HTML tags (, , , etc.) scattered throughout the text.

The good news is that most e-mail programs default to the plain text format as long as you don't include any pictures, or other HTML elements.

To check your e-mail program's settings, check the Options or Preferences and look for the "Formatting" section. This should tell you how your outgoing messages are being formatted. If there is no such option, you can be pretty sure that you're only sending plain text messages.

Answered by Raksha , an ibibo Master, at 9:28 AM on July 11, 2008

well Lucy, e-mail was based on just straight text. What you typed was what you saw. With the new HTML-formatted e-mails, you can include pictures, hyperlinks, and other web page characteristics in your e-mails. It's almost like composing a web page within an e-mail message. Unfortunately, if the person you are sending an HTML-formatted message to is using an e-mail program that doesn't support HTML, they'll get a message with a lot of HTML tags (, , , etc.) scattered throughout the text. The good news is that most e-mail programs default to the plain text format as long as you don't include any pictures, or other HTML elements.

To check your e-mail program's settings, check the Options or Preferences and look for the "Formatting" section. This should tell you how your outgoing messages are being formatted. If there is no such option, you can be pretty sure that you're only sending plain text messages.

Answered by Romi , an ibibo Master, at 4:50 PM on July 04, 2008

The difference are given below-

E-mail can be sent in either plain text or HTML-formatted. Originally, e-mail was based on just straight text. What you typed was what you saw.

With the new HTML-formatted e-mails, you can include pictures, hyperlinks, and other web page characteristics in your e-mails. It's almost like composing a web page within an e-mail message. Unfortunately, if the person you are sending an HTML-formatted message to is using an e-mail program that doesn't support HTML, they'll get a message with a lot of HTML tags (, , , etc.) scattered throughout the text.

The good news is that most e-mail programs default to the plain text format as long as you don't include any pictures, or other HTML elements.

To check your e-mail program's settings, check the Options or Preferences and look for the "Formatting" section. This should tell you how your outgoing messages are being formatted. If there is no such option, you can be pretty sure that you're only sending plain text messages.

Answered by Nagendra , an ibibo Master, at 5:16 AM on June 27, 2008

e-mail was based on just straight text. What you typed was what you saw. With the new HTML-formatted e-mails, you can include pictures, hyperlinks, and other web page characteristics in your e-mails. It's almost like composing a web page within an e-mail message. Unfortunately, if the person you are sending an HTML-formatted message to is using an e-mail program that doesn't support HTML, they'll get a message with a lot of HTML tags (, , , etc.) scattered throughout the text. The good news is that most e-mail programs default to the plain text format as long as you don't include any pictures, or other HTML elements.

To check your e-mail program's settings, check the Options or Preferences and look for the "Formatting" section. This should tell you how your outgoing messages are being formatted. If there is no such option, you can be pretty sure that you're only sending plain text messages.

Answered by Sharad Singh , an ibibo Master, at 6:37 PM on June 26, 2008