Feel better now? "8) OK, suit yourself.
On 8/21/18, Brian White <bw.al...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 20, 2018, 8:16 PM John Gardner <gof...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Brian, here's an idea - How about junking the html so I can read > > your interesting posts without converting them to text files first... > > Just a suggestion - My 70-year-old eyesight would appreciate it. > > > Ok, just remember who started this conversation... > > You have the burden of obligation and consideration backwards. > > Whatever validity of argument you might have had about violating > traditional old standards in email, or about being considerate to others in > formatting email, fell apart when you presented that argument in a > top-post, and quoted the entire thread instead of only the relevant bit. ;) > > Not to mention, without a client that understands html, or at least mime, > to supply metadata about such things as character encoding and font spacing > type, then you are essentially expecting everyone in the world to have the > same native default character encoding and font as you. > > My email is gmail, which, at least the standard Android app for it, does > not offer any setting for composing in plain-text only, but, as has been > mentioned, does apparently generate a multipart mime formatted mail with a > plain-text part. Today, I don't think it's reasonable to ask someone else > not to use gmail. > > If you are reading email in pine or mutt in 2018, well I applaud you, but I > consider that your choice to self-flaggelate, not anyone else's reasonable > obligation to cater to. > > > -- > bkw >
