Tom Brinkman wrote:
>
> On Thursday 23 August 2001 08:40 pm, Carroll Grigsby escribió:
> > OK - I won't do it anymore. I didn't realize that top posting was a
> > sin; I don't recall seeing a post about it before.
> > Carroll
>
> Don't get me wrong now :> It's not a sin. A few people don't like
> it. Like I said, sometimes I think it's a better way to respond to some
> posts. Personally I think people who complain about top posting are in
> the same group as the spelling & punctuation police ;>
>
> OTOH, those that insist on using HTML ought'a be taken out and shot ;>
>
> --
> Tom Brinkman Galveston Bay
>
Tom:
My attitude towards HTML posters is to send them a polite note
explaining the nature of their transgressions. But the other day there
was one that screwed up Netscape so that all of the plain text messages
were in very, very small type -- sort of like the font size that they
use on insurance policies ("The big print gives it to you, the small
print takes it away"). The only way that I could fix it was to shut down
Netscape, exit from the web, and then go through the sign-on, get mail
drill. While I like to think of myself as a fairly tolerant guy (I've
been married for 43 years -- to the same woman), that one really got to
me. Later, after I cooled down with the assistance of various cold amber
fluids, it occurred to me that I had been inflicted with my first email
worm! And, for all that I know, the very first Linux email worm!!
While we're at it, how about the "return receipt requested" messages?
Back when I was in the working world, my company required that we set
feature up when we were going to be away. In a corporate enviroment, it
makes a whole lot of sense. It's quite another thing, however, when
you're on a mail list. When I receive one from the newbie list, I've
always taken the wimpy way out and hit the cancel button, but I'm
beginning to think that is the not the right way to fly. What if
everyone on the list sent the receipt? Any chance that the poster might
get the idea that receipts are Not A Good Thing when several
hundred/thousand replies appear in his inbox? I'm not recommending doing
this, as it may cause some problems on the list server. OTOH, maybe the
list administrator could think of a way strip these requests and stop
messing around with the headers. Hmmm....is it possible to send an
appropriate response to HTML posters? If so, can they be converted to
plain text?
Regards,
Carroll
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