Got the following response to my "Readable Email" email, from someone who didn't want to tell me who he really was. Is it a valid criticism? I understand the encoding issue, but I haven't had a problem with it in any of my (GUI) email clients. The email shows up okay on the three public mailing list archives that have the message. I can't reproduce the problem. Can someone enlighten me? Mystery-man maybe? Depending on the extent of systems that can't handle UTF-8, this is an issue I'd like to address.
-todd On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 23:22:38 -0800 (PST), Denny Crane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bitIn message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Todd Walton > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >The active community of Freenet developers is top-notch with respect > >to this issue, with a few notable exceptions. > > > >from "How To Ask Questions The Smart Way" > >http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html : > > > >=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > > >Write in clear, grammatical, correctly-spelled language > > > > [snip] > > >Spell, punctuate, and capitalize correctly. Don't confuse "its" with > >"it's", "loose" with "lose", or "discrete" with "discreet". Don't TYPE > >IN ALL CAPS, this is read as shouting and considered rude. (All-smalls > >is only slightly less annoying, as it's difficult to read. Alan Cox > >can get away with it, but you can't.) > > > >More generally, if you write like a semi-literate boob you will very > >likely be ignored. Writing like a l33t script kiddie hax0r is the > >absolute kiss of death and guarantees you will receive nothing but > >stony silence (or, at best, a heaping helping of scorn and sarcasm) in > >return. > > > > Good advice. I would add one suggestions. > > Set your mail client to "Plain Text Only" > > This is often reflected in message headers by something like: > > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="us-ascii" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Disposition: inline > > whereas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for example had the > following: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > which caused > > stiff or formal - in fact > > to be rendered: > > stiff or formal =E2=80=94 in fact > > and / or things like > > =3D > > scattered though the text, thus making it hard to read. > > -- > The preceding is just my opinion only. Your Mileage May Vary, Slipery when > wet, Refrigerate after opening, People other than me are not required to > like what I say. > > "Cuckoo for Coco Puffs" > > _______________________________________________ chat mailing list chat@freenetproject.org Archived: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.general Unsubscribe at http://dodo.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/chat Or mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
