i think it's more of a simplicity thing and a 'keeping out the unncessary junk/cute graphics' thing. html emails can render pretty poorly in non-html clients unless the message is sent both ways by the email client and the receivers client or mail server can parse this down to the right type.
any way around, i don't think it's going to change from plain text here anytime soon. -nick On 10/10/07, Robert Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So it's an anti-spam thing? > > > Rob Taylor > VT Librarian > x8599 > Hatch Desk x1088 > VT Library Users' Guide > > -----Original Message----- > From: kent williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 10 October 2007 16:23 > To: list 313 > Subject: Re: (313) RE: [Possible Spam] Re: (313) REMINDER: 313 list > accepts only plain text messages > > Again let me reiterate. 313 is a list where people write stuff to > express themselves. A quick visit to any web forum where everyone's > signature is a giant stupid JPG of Christopher Walken labeled MORE > COWBELL should cure one of any desire to see media attachments on 313. > > And virtually every attachment type -- pictures, audio, etc -- has been > a virus vector at some point in the past few years. > > Like I said, if you feel that 313 isn't an effective place for you to > talk about 313 techno, get on Detroit Luv or some other forum. The fact > that after a long period where artists shunned 313, some prominent > people are creeping back in and contributing suggests to me that we're > doing something right. > > On 10/10/07, Robert Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Why is that a bad thing? > > > > From: Matt Kane's Brain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > On Oct 10, 2007, at 3:01 AM, Robert Taylor wrote: > > > You can't send pics in plaintext, so why the preference for plain? > > > > So you can't send pics. :) > > > ##################################################################################### > Note: > > Any views or opinions are solely those of the author and do not necessarily > represent > those of Channel Four Television Corporation unless specifically stated. This > email > and any files transmitted are confidential and intended solely for the use of > the > individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you have received this > email in > error, please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Thank You. > > Channel Four Television Corporation, created by statute under English law, is > at 124 Horseferry Road, London, SW1P 2TX . > > 4 Ventures Limited (Company No. 04106849), incorporated in England and Wales > has its registered office at 124 Horseferry Road, London SW1P 2TX. > > VAT no: GB 626475817 > > ##################################################################################### >
