On 2018-03-07, Scott Kostyshak <skostys...@ufl.edu> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 06, 2018 at 08:06:12PM +0000, Grant Edwards wrote: >> >> I've noticed that the handling of text/plain by popular GUI MUAs has >> gotten so bad in past few years, that I'm now reluctant to send mail >> in that format. > > What are the most common mistakes?
They don't use a fixed-width font. I suppose it's debatable as to whether that's a "bug", but it wrecks a lot of plaintext posts/emails that have columns of data or "tables" in them. Some of them start a new paragraph (complete with extra vertical space) everytime they see a cr/lf. Or, they wrap things like bullet lists into a single "paragraph": This is a list with three items * item 1 * item 2 * item 3 But it shows up like this: This is a list with three items * item 1 * item 2 * item 3 text/plain (which usually assumes an 80-colum display) often renders especially bad on narrow phone displays. > I wasn't aware of this situation, and since I often argue in favor > of text/plain (well, usually multi-part MIME), I should be aware of > these issues. It depends on what MUAs (and the versions) the recipients have. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! You should all JUMP at UP AND DOWN for TWO HOURS gmail.com while I decide on a NEW CAREER!!