[NTLUG:Discuss] PlainText Vs HTML

[Paul Drew]

It doesn't matter to me either way, but sometimes the mail can start flying 
fast, and that could get to be a pain if we start getting too snazzy with 
stuff. I don't see why we couldn't allow it for instance a screenshot of 
something. I don't know that we should not just doing what we are doing, but 
allow some things to be used when needed. :)

Paul Drew






>From: MadHat <madhat at unspecific.com>
>Reply-To: discuss at ntlug.org
>To: NTLUG-Discuss <discuss at ntlug.org>
>Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] PlainText Vs HTML
>Date: 04 Nov 2002 09:58:58 -0600
>
>
>So a question about the list....
>
>Does anyone (besides me) care about HTML mail on the list?
>
>The old argument was that most readers didn't support it.  Now many do,
>including the one I use.  And now, the messages are sent, on average, as
>a multipart message, MIME encoded, so even if your client doesn't
>support the HTML, it _should_ show the plain text version.  Now with
>that comes larger messages and in some cases attachments. I don't like
>either, but I am a purest and considered to be an 'Old Timer' by
>many...  Basically my stance on lists has always been no attachments and
>no HTML/RTF and keep mail as small as possible to mailing lists, since
>not everyone is broadband.  Some of us pay for bandwidth.  There is
>still the issue of embedded images and javascript and such, but should
>that be left up to the end user to deal with?
>
>I am curious how the denizens of this list feel.  We had the discussion
>before about basic rules, and I was going to put something up for
>reference.  I would like to ask people (off list) to turn off HTML, but
>if no one else cares, I am just being an ass.
>
>So...  feedback?
>
>
>--
>MadHat at Unspecific.com
>"Anyone who understands Linux/Unix, really understands the universe.
>  Anyone who understands Windows, really understands Windows."
>           - Richard Thieme, DefCon 10, 2002
>
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