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>> Some clients can't display HTML emails at all > Most mail clients will usually bundle a text-version of the mail, some MTAs also do this on their own. This
by e12e 7y ago
>> Some clients can't display HTML emails at all
> Most mail clients will usually bundle a text-version of the mail, some MTAs also do this on their own.
This assumes there is a proper text part (one that actually includes the content of the mail body).
- naikrovek 7y agoThat does not seem like much of an assumption; all modern mail clients that I am aware of do this.
- cyphar 7y agoThe problem isn't the clients, it's the senders. And as someone who uses Mutt, the vast majority of HTML emails don't have usable plaintext versions.
- naikrovek 7y agoWhat kind of mail client doesn't send mail? I am talking about someone using a mail client to draft and send an email.
- cyphar 7y agoSorry, I realised that's what you were talking about after the edit window closed. Though, a lot of mail is sent by mailing services not individual clients (and all the awful ones really don't like sending useful plaintext mail).
- zaarn 7y agoUnless you violate accessibility laws or your email client is shit, there is a text part or the HTML part is screen-reader compatible.
- mlang23 7y agoHowever, a significant portion of HTML mail I receive happily violates "accessibility laws" and omit to provide a text-only part. I know that, since I actually rely on accessibility to do my daily work.
- zaarn 7y agoScreen readers should be able to deal with HTML-only mails for the most part, otherwise you should send the sender of that mail a reminder about those laws.
- mlang23 7y agoAre you actually a user of accessibility? To me, it doesn't feel like you are. If I am right, please refrain from patronizing people who actually do. In my book, you have no idea how horrible the situation has become over the last 5 to 10 years. Accessibility used to be a thing, yes. These days, it is mostly a happy accident.
- frenchyatwork 7y agoI've never talked to anyone who actually used accessibility tools. I'm aware of the W3C standards. Are there any other resources that developers can use to produce stuff that works well with real-world accessibility software?
- pseudalopex 7y agoYes. Real-world accessibility software.
- tomjen3 7y agoHow do they manage to do that? Embed the text as an image?
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