[NTLUG:Discuss] PlainText Vs HTML

[Tom Woody]

Keep the HTML away...

On 04 Nov 2002 09:58:58 -0600
MadHat <madhat at unspecific.com> wrote:

> 
> 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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