On 2012-05-29 16:53, Glenn Maynard wrote:
On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 9:22 AM, Arthur Barstow <art.bars...@nokia.com <mailto:art.bars...@nokia.com>> wrote:* Messages should be encoded usingplain text <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain_text> No, messages should have a plaintext *version* (MIME alternative). It's common and useful to use HTML messages, especially when posting about actual spec text, where being able to use italics and bold is extremely useful. This is quite a relic; I havn't heard anyone make the "emails should only be in plain text" claim in a decade or so.
Emails should only be in plain text.
... It's good to avoid top-posting, but unfortunately in the real world it's often just not possible: editing quotes for inline posting on a mobile device is more or less impossible. ...
Then maybe one should wait with replying until a proper mail client is available :-)-
> ... Best regards, Julian
