I believe Andy's point is that the group would still get all the plain text messages... the policy change would simply allow those HTML messages in... these are the ones that don't currently go through, and that consume huge amounts of Andy's time. Allowing HTML doesn't stop the plain text and does increase the dialogue for those who can use HTML. And it saves Andy's time. It broadens the base, but does not exclude... and allows Andy to spend more time on less administrative functions.
Brenda J. Trainor Frontier Trail, Inc. Box 935 Monrovia, CA 91017 323.229.2397 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Pioneering guidance for communications, technologies, and communities." -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Clarance Knutson Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 10:15 AM To: 'The Digital Divide Network discussion group' Subject: RE: [DDN] admin: thoughts on changing policy re: html messages Andy, I prefer getting this group in the plain text format - it takes up less space. Clarance -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy Carvin Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 8:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [DDN] admin: thoughts on changing policy re: html messages Hi everyone, In recent months we've had some problems with getting list members' messages to the list because of the increasing number of messages in HTML. Historically, we haven't allowed HTML messages on the list because of bandwidth limits of some users (an html message contains more than twice the amount of data of a plain text message). Now, though, more than half of the messages that people try to post to the list come in HTML, including from developing countries. Because our list software, Mailman, cannot automatically strip out HTML, it rejects these messages if I try to post them. This means that I have to email the author and ask them to repost in plain text, which they don't always do. So many messages are not getting posted simply because they're submitted in HTML. So I'd like to ask for comments from list members about a proposed rule change regarding HTML messages. The rule change would allow people to post in HTML, but still not allow attachments, which we block for virus and bandwidth concerns. Plain text, of course, will still be encouraged, but members wouldn't be penalized if they didn't comply. Please let me know what you think. If there's general consensus that posting in HTML is acceptable to the group, I'll make the rule change in the FAQ. thanks, ac -- ----------------------------------- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.tsunami-info.org Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com ----------------------------------- _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
