"Gary Osoba" wrote in message
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However, it does not allow for any presentation of attachments,
graphics, or other useful information.

Not strictly true. You can insert a link to anywhere on the Internet. A link
can take folks to pictures, documents, etc. etc.. etc.

Since there still are some folks working with dialup or other restricted
bandwidth, that gives them the opportunity to decide for themselves what they
want to download..

Vaughn