I'll agree with R.I. here that HTML e-mail should be forbidden from the web where possible.
On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 9:48 AM, R.I.Pienaar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Trevor Vaughan" <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 2:42:49 PM >> Subject: Re: [Puppet Users] Mailing list etiquette >> >> I'm going to have to push back a bit at the no top posting with the >> same reasoning as described here: >> https://lopsa.org/content/top-posting-vs-bottom-posting-stop-tilting-windmills. >> >> Especially since most mobile mail clients top-post, it's going to be >> difficult to get this one to stick. >> >> I personally prefer it so that I don't have to scroll past hundreds >> of lines of: >> >> "You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Puppet Users" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en."; >> >> If you're directly responding to something non-obvious, I do think >> that copying the relevant material up is nice but that you shouldn't >> lose the rest of the conversation for those poor folks who may be >> using Mutt as their primary mail reader (or some other non-threading >> reader). > > I tend to agree top posting does sometimes make sense, my main pain point is > HTML mail which makes it hard to reply sanely for users who choose not to use > HTML mail clients or who choose to disable that feature. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. > -- Trevor Vaughan Vice President, Onyx Point, Inc (410) 541-6699 [email protected] -- This account not approved for unencrypted proprietary information -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
