Don't forget also, while we're on this kind of bandwagon, that the whole point of email is for it to be read on a CRT/FlatPanel/etc and not on paper. I am dismayed by the number of people who don't actually READ mail until it's on a piece of paper in front of them. Yuck.
Simon. On 04-Mar-02 at 16:17, Marco Fioretti's inspired musing was thus : > > * Johannes Franken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020303 12:12]: > > > > What's the best way to print those mails from mutt - > > > including the pics while not using X? > > > > > Johannes, > > I agree with Sven. If there ***really*** had been a need for > pictures (i.e. if they are not some company logo) they could have > sent a compressed file as attachment, or just put the page online > somewhere, and sent you the URL. > > IMPORTANT: when asking them to behave properly (i.e. to not send > HTML messages) don't mention Mutt: if they were able to understand > it, they would not send HTML mail at all. Mention the REAL motive > to avoid HTML email: > > it wastes bandwidth, slowing needlessly everyone online, and > > forces the RECEIVER to waste HIS time and (if on dialup) money > to see a uselessly fancier message. > > Botht things are bad/uneducated even among window users only. > > Ciao, > > Marco > > > > load them up in some ugly M$ web browser. > > that' what they were intended for anyway. > > > > my advice: tell the sender to send you > > a printout via snail mail. works for me. > > > > if i'ts ok for the M$ weenies to ask for > > data in special formats - so can we. > > why accept mails with problems anyway? > > > > Sven > > -- |-Simon White |-Internet Services Manager |-MTDS S.A. / \ |-tel +212.3.767.4861 # GIMPS current unit progress: 25.89% # |-fax +212.3.767.4863 # (http://www.mersenne.org/prime.htm) # |-14, rue 16 novembre \ / |-Rabat, Kingdom of Morocco
