This is not possible for many web based email senders, and I, for one will only use this type on for public emails. Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ *New Tutorial* Publish your Web Pages - Blogshttp://www.fergys.co.uk View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _____________________________________________________________________ > Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 22:06:30 -0800> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Listserv spam/HTML issues (Was: Legacy Question)> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com> > Sorry, but ALL users ahould have their e-mail client set to send ONLY in text. HTML should never, Never, NEVER, be used in e-mail-for *any* reason-period.> > Truth be told, Emails clients shouldn't even recognize HTML. Browsers yes- E-Mail clients no.> > > --- On Tue, 12/2/08, Steve Voght <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > > From: Steve Voght <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Listserv spam/HTML issues (Was: Legacy Question)> > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com> > Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2008, 10:13 PM> > With all due respect to everyone who keeps arguing that HTML> > messages> > are the bane of the world and the cause of problems on this> > list, the> > two biggest issues with the spam flagging are undoubtedly> > the> > onslaught of repetitive error messages about not being> > subscribed to> > the list (spam heuristics look for frequent message> > repetition as a> > sign of spam), and the spamming issue last month when> > someone hijacked> > Geoff's Legacy email address and was using it to send> > fake Rolex> > messages to the list. As people kept tagging those> > messages as spam,> > filters were learning that messages originating from LUG> > were likely> > to be spam and thus the spam score goes up on all LUG> > messages.> > > > Whoever maintains this list needs to deal with the error> > messages> > because it is dramatically adding to the burden on end> > users> > downloading the messages, and it is also adding extra> > messages as> > people keep responding asking why they are receiving them> > in the first> > place and what they did wrong.> > > > With regard to HTML messages, virtually every mailing list> > management> > program has an option to strip the HTML from messages> > before passing> > them on, and if a list actually wants to implement a> > 'no HTML' policy> > then that is really the only way to do it properly. > > Expecting end> > users to maintain compliance is asking for trouble, both in> > terms of> > new users getting regularly chided by seasoned listers when> > they make> > a mistake by sending an HTML message, and additionally> > because one of> > the stated concerns about HTML email is that it might> > contain a virus> > (an extremely remote possibility, but still of potential> > concern to> > some people.) In that case, having the list server strip> > HTML is the> > *only* way to ensure this is prevented. Otherwise you give> > end users a> > false sense of security because they think they are on a> > list that> > bans HTML, yet it still comes through with high frequency> > (I know I've> > been guilty of sending an HTML message or two by mistake!)> > > > Furthermore concerning the other, more legitimate, issue> > with HTML> > messages (file size), having the list software strip it out> > before> > sending has the added advantage of decreasing the size of> > the messages> > before passing them to the end users, which improves the> > speed they> > are downloaded for dial-up users.> > > > I don't know what program Millennium uses to maintain> > this list so I> > can't be absolutely certain such a feature is included,> > but if it> > isn't then perhaps it's time to switch us to> > something more robust and> > better able to deal with these frequent errors that crop> > up. In the> > end we'll all be able to talk more about genealogy> > research and spend> > less time discussing the mailing list itself.> > > > Cheers,> > Steve> > > > On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 1:22 PM, Mike Fry> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > > Hope Bagot Bees wrote:> > >>> > >> Has your spam or antivirus blocked Legacy> > postings? I keep getting a> > >> message from Thunderbird suggesting that Legacy> > postings are a scam, which I> > >> have to refute.> > >> > > That's because people insist on using HTML and> > they express the latest> > > version as 7.0.0.76 which in HTML looks like an IP> > address. The implication> > > according to Thunderbird, is that the message wants> > you to go to that web> > > site. Hence, a possible scam!> > >> > > --> > > Regards,> > > Mike Fry> > > Johannesburg.> > _________________________________________________________________ Imagine a life without walls. See the possibilities. http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/122465943/direct/01/
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