Ok, the main point of the proposed html mail is that it is multilingual. If you can convince me that a mail I (or whoever) send(s) will display in the appropriate language for a Japanese or Czech or Spanish viewer, I am almost sold. I tried this by copying the text in question viewed in unicode and got a load of rubbish for some symbols and a nothing but question marks for Japanese. Is this simply because i haven't got my computer set to czech, japanese etc? Is it this simple? If not, what does the sender have to do? (Bearing in mind that the idea is to have a whole message of many languages rather than having to target the language to the person - though not that anyone has actually said that.)
The secondary point is that a html layout would be attractive, which, if given the option, many would actively choose. Everyone who originally subscribed to foundation-news-l did so in the knowledge that the announcement was to be a html email (because I told them). Not to assume that everyone wants this, but just to put the objections here in context.
Cormac