Subject: Re: Emailing the news From: sjones@pop.adn.com (Stan Jones) Date: Thu, 13 Apr 1995 09:38:15 -1000

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>I think you're onto something with the idea of emailing HTML.  I'm still not
>sure I accept that most people can get attachments through their internet
>email gateways, but that may be because I'm accustomed to AOL, and my
>understanding is that attachments don't make it through AOL's internet
>gateway.
>
>But this idea of emailing an HTML document has real promise.  Very simple.
> Very obvious.  Very promising.  About time someone thought of it.  I guess
>the question is going to be, will people use the emailed web page rather than
>just directing their browser to the Anchorage page on the web each day.  The
>latter would seem more convenient though perhaps more costly, depending on
>the nature of one's internet connection.
>
My impression, from visiting various web sites, is that the connection
isn't fast enough or reliable enough to meet daily newspaper standards.
Even at industrial strength sites like NANDO or Wired, it can take a while
to get on, or you can be rejected because the server is too busy. This is,
in my opinion, *entirely* unacceptable if what you are selling people
purports to be the electronic equivalent of a daily newspaper. It *must* be
available when the reader wants it, period.

Stan Jones
Editor, Electronic Publications
Anchorage (Alaska) Daily News



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