Debayan Banerjee wrote: > No one else posted too many mails here. > Reason? This HTML rule. > So my point is that very few people actually respond to any mails here > and that is not because they are sleepy or dont care but because of > this rule. > > Well its still better than a list that only has a job vacancy once in > a while and a few useful links from one single person from time to > time. > > Keep expecting > or change the one single rule that has led to absolutely no discussion > on this list in the past n months. > > All I > say is mails/discussions in this list increase by a factor of 10 > if you remove this policy. Well, your entire mass of argument has put all the blame of not being active over one simple rule of asking you to mail in plain text. This is like making excuse of being inactive all along on just being asked to mail in plain text. And I for one has no belief that everything is going to change immediately or considerably once HTML posts are allowed. Rather people will start sending mails with all kinds of lame formatting, especially some eye soring colors.
Secondly, changing your options to send mails as plain text is not too hard to implement. It's a simple check box option in most mail clients, even the web based ones. Am unable to understand why you feel that not being able to send HTML rights is as bad as your fundamental right being withheld? > So many other lists allow HTML for a > reason I have 4 email accounts exclusively for different categories of mailing lists and I am afraid not even one among the numerous mailing list am subscribed to has an exception for HTML mails. Actually a few lists are very strict on the "plain text only" rule. And I personally do not prefer lists which allows HTML posts, as I have seen the dark side of it. """An HTML extension scrubber like ironport would serve everyone well.""" Why should one install some extension when all he is interested in plain text? -- With Regards, Parthan SR "technofreak" GPG Key 2FF01026 Fingerprint 5707 ECBD 8D8D 8E6E 28F8 DFA5 938B D861 2FF0 1026 Weblog http://blog.technofreak.in _______________________________________________ Ilug-cal-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://list.ilug-cal.org/mailman/listinfo/ilug-cal-discuss
