[NTLUG:Discuss] PlainText Vs HTML
Fred James
fredjame at concentric.net
Mon Nov 4 10:47:15 CST 2002
When participating in a list such as this, my feeling is that the best
approach is for postings to be of the "minimalist" type (detail
purposely omitted). To the best of my knowledge, email clients that can
generate non minimalist content also have the ability to screen outgoing
messages by addressee, and at least warn the sender of an addressee's
preferences. So, any semi-savy user should be able to comply with this
minimalist ideal without too much effort if they can be convinced to
make the proper adjustments to their email client preferences. Being
unfamiliar with MS IE, I may have to stand corrected on this thought.
That said, other than requesting compliance with this "ideal" of list
courtesy, I don't know of any meaningful way to "enforce" it, nor am I
convinced that I would advocate such. The prime "ideal" is
communication, and enforcement could proves counter productive.
In my attempts at compliance with the courtesy ideal I recommend, my
preferences are set to "ask me what to do" for all addressees that are
not listed as being able to accept HTML, and in my address book, this
list is checked as preferring "plain text". I cannot promise that I am
always successfully followed this directive, nor can I say that I don't
make mistakes.
You asked - I told - hope this helps more than it harms.
--
small is beautiful
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