[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux Distro

[MadHat]

On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 15:31, MadHat wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 21:09, Rick Matthews wrote:
> > MadHat wrote:
> > > 
> > > Please understand that
> > > when you send an HTML message, many people here are using text based
> > > mail clients and they have trouble reading the message because of the
> > > HTML tags, as well as the concerns over bandwidth usage for those of us
> > > that pay for bandwidth or have slow connections.
> > 
> > Why is it that computing has made tremendous advances in the last
> > 8 to 10 years, and yet this argument never seems to change?  By now, 
> > you'd think that the "text-only" list manager would be able to set
> > a parameter that would automatically convert html to text, or 
> > failing that, bounce the message back to the sender with an 
> > explanation and a few links with info on how to fix it.  What's wrong
> > with those choices? Bounce it, convert it, or accept it as it is.
> > 
> 
> I agree, but I didn't write or choose MailMan as the mail list manager. 
> I just work here ;)
> 

OK, so I was looking at the configs.  I thought I had read it was
possible to strip the HTML, but didn't seem like it worked.  I made a
couple of changes to the configs so now we can see if it works.  If you
start getting errors, please email me right away. 

Thanks and sorry for the trouble.

-- 
MadHat at Unspecific.com
`But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.
`Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: `we're all mad here...'
   -- Lewis Carroll - _Alice's_Adventures_in_Wonderland_