Re: [Gimp-user] GimpShop list

2007-07-13 Thread John R. Culleton
On Thursday 12 July 2007 19:13, Chris Mohler wrote:
 On 7/12/07, John R. Culleton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Anyone can set up a list at yahoogroups.  I see some with three
  members. The owner of the list can set the rules, allow anyone to
  join or requre preapproval, prescreen or not prescreen posts, set
  up assistant moderators and so on. I am the lead moderator on
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have two essentially coequal
  co-moderators. The owner of the list is SPAN.
 
  It is a comprehensive service and it is free. It isn't perfect
  but what is?

 Yahoo Group messages are nastily formatted HTML.  I hear the Google
 Groups has added mailing lists  -- I wonder if that's any better?

On [EMAIL PROTECTED] we ask for plain text. I can't 
remember if we set a parameter to insist on that.  I know that the 
messages I clear are all in plain text. So your statement doesn't 
apply in our case at least. I see HTML on a few other lists but those 
senders get yelled at. 

HTML has no place in email IMO. If the mail is not from one of my 
mailing lists or from a designated client I have a filter that sends 
HTML bearing mail to a special folder. 98% of such mail is SPAM. I 
delete based on subject line. 


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Re: [Gimp-user] GimpShop list

2007-07-13 Thread Chris Mohler
On 7/13/07, John R. Culleton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 On Thursday 12 July 2007 19:13, Chris Mohler wrote:
[...]
 
  Yahoo Group messages are nastily formatted HTML.  I hear the Google
  Groups has added mailing lists  -- I wonder if that's any better?
 
 On [EMAIL PROTECTED] we ask for plain text. I can't
 remember if we set a parameter to insist on that.  I know that the
 messages I clear are all in plain text. So your statement doesn't
 apply in our case at least. I see HTML on a few other lists but those
 senders get yelled at.

 HTML has no place in email IMO. If the mail is not from one of my
 mailing lists or from a designated client I have a filter that sends
 HTML bearing mail to a special folder. 98% of such mail is SPAM. I
 delete based on subject line.

Good news.  I'm on only one of those Yahoo lists, and I assumed text
wasn't an option - who wouldn't turn off that nasty HTML!?  For those
who haven't got one: they're particularly ugly!

Going to bitch at that particular list admin right now... ;)

Chris
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