Re: [Astlinux-users] why HTML mails suck

[olivier.taylor <oli...@gm...>]

you all right :)

but i don't understand what we are talking about :)

just have a look at the bottom of every emails on the list, you will see=20
a wonderfull html footer...
I just tought that this mailing list was a way for users to obtain help=20
from other users...
That's the way I use it and I am sure the mail I have send in HTML will=20
be usefull for the user it has been written for...

I didn't expect a discussion about html or non html emails...

close that thread please,

Olivier


Darrick Hartman a =E9crit :
>> did you see the green text on my first mail?
>> no, you didn't, because you are focused against microsoft and so on(li=
ke
>> html mails).
>> your problem is your and only your, the mails are sended from
>> thunderbird, not from a microsoft software.
>>    =20
>
> Oliver,
>
> I was trying to stay out of this, but I have to agree with Carla on thi=
s
> one.  HTML email has no place in a mailing list.  You should have the
> ability to declare the Astlinux user email address as a non-html recipi=
ent
> and force lookout to sent plain text emails.  Several reasons:
>
> 1).  The messages look plain ugly/unreadable in the archives.
> 2).  There is no benefit to html email in a mailing list and therefore =
it
> causes wasted bandwidth.
> 3).  The security risks.
>
>
> There ARE places for html email.  A mailing list is just not one of the=
m.
>
> Darrick
>
>  =20