RE: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts only plain text messages

2007-10-10 Thread Robert Taylor
PROTECTED] Sent: 08 October 2007 12:34 To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts only plain text messages who sends html email except like 12 year old girls? i get no html mail, id like to keep it that way. tom On 10/8/07, Williams, Graham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's

RE: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts only plain text messages

2007-10-10 Thread Robert Taylor
Message- From: Odeluga, Ken [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10 October 2007 07:58 To: Robert Taylor; Thomas D. Cox, Jr.; 313@hyperreal.org Subject: RE: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts only plain text messages Curious Rob. What did you do this time? You're e-mail obviously came through

RE: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts only plain text messages

2007-10-10 Thread Odeluga, Ken
: Robert Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10 October 2007 07:53 To: Thomas D. Cox, Jr.; 313@hyperreal.org Subject: RE: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts only plain text messages I don't understand what the problem is - my email is HTML by default and I can't be expected to remember to change

Re: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts only plain text messages

2007-10-10 Thread Matt Kane's Brain
On Oct 10, 2007, at 3:01 AM, Robert Taylor wrote: You can't send pics in plaintext, so why the preference for plain? So you can't send pics. :) (except as an attachment) -- matt kane's brain http://hydrogenproject.com aim - mkbatwerk [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts only plain text messages

2007-10-10 Thread Odeluga, Ken
accepts only plain text messages On Oct 10, 2007, at 3:01 AM, Robert Taylor wrote: You can't send pics in plaintext, so why the preference for plain? So you can't send pics. :) (except as an attachment) -- matt kane's brain http://hydrogenproject.com aim - mkbatwerk [EMAIL PROTECTED]

(313) RE: [Possible Spam] Re: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts only plain text messages

2007-10-10 Thread Robert Taylor
: [Possible Spam] Re: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts only plain text messages On Oct 10, 2007, at 3:01 AM, Robert Taylor wrote: You can't send pics in plaintext, so why the preference for plain? So you can't send pics. :) (except as an attachment) -- matt kane's brain http://hydrogenproject.com aim

Re: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts only plain text messages

2007-10-10 Thread Greg Earle
On Oct 5, 2007, at 8:58 AM, kent williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 313 list doesn't accept multipart-mime messages. That means you need to select 'plain text' as the message type in your mail client. Not only that, but you have to actually check the message format before you hit send,

RE: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts only plain text messages

2007-10-10 Thread The Archiver
mean no disrespect here G -Original Message- From: Greg Earle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10 October 2007 13:32 To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts only plain text messages On Oct 5, 2007, at 8:58 AM, kent williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 313

Re: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts only plain text messages

2007-10-10 Thread kent williams
On 10/10/07, The Archiver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is A Techno list, let's not embrace the new technology! In response to Kent's reasons 1. MIME-encoding makes the archives and digests unreadable and difficult to search. Really? How? Is this a bit of a broad statement? Call me old

Re: (313) RE: [Possible Spam] Re: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts only plain text messages

2007-10-10 Thread kent williams
Again let me reiterate. 313 is a list where people write stuff to express themselves. A quick visit to any web forum where everyone's signature is a giant stupid JPG of Christopher Walken labeled MORE COWBELL should cure one of any desire to see media attachments on 313. And virtually every

RE: (313) RE: [Possible Spam] Re: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts only plain text messages

2007-10-10 Thread Robert Taylor
So it's an anti-spam thing? Rob Taylor VT Librarian x8599 Hatch Desk x1088 VT Library Users' Guide -Original Message- From: kent williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10 October 2007 16:23 To: list 313 Subject: Re: (313) RE: [Possible Spam] Re: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts

Re: (313) RE: [Possible Spam] Re: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts only plain text messages

2007-10-10 Thread Nick Breinich
williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10 October 2007 16:23 To: list 313 Subject: Re: (313) RE: [Possible Spam] Re: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts only plain text messages Again let me reiterate. 313 is a list where people write stuff to express themselves. A quick visit to any web forum where

Re: (313) RE: [Possible Spam] Re: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts only plain text messages

2007-10-10 Thread kent williams
Not really; it's an anti-idiot thing. On 10/10/07, Robert Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So it's an anti-spam thing?

Re: (313) RE: [Possible Spam] Re: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts only plain text messages

2007-10-10 Thread kent williams
NOT ON MY WATCH *pounds aluminum walker on floor for emphasis* On 10/10/07, Nick Breinich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: any way around, i don't think it's going to change from plain text here anytime soon.

Re: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts only plain text messages

2007-10-10 Thread The Archiver
So whose watch will it be... -Original Message- From: kent williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10 October 2007 16:43 To: list 313 Subject: Re: (313) RE: [Possible Spam] Re: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts only plain text messages NOT ON MY WATCH *pounds aluminum walker on floor

Re: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts only plain text messages

2007-10-10 Thread kent williams
PROTECTED] Sent: 10 October 2007 16:43 To: list 313 Subject: Re: (313) RE: [Possible Spam] Re: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts only plain text messages NOT ON MY WATCH *pounds aluminum walker on floor for emphasis* On 10/10/07, Nick Breinich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: any way around, i don't

Re: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts only plain text messages

2007-10-10 Thread Michael . Elliot-Knight
: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts only plain text messages NOT ON MY WATCH *pounds aluminum walker on floor for emphasis* On 10/10/07, Nick Breinich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: any way around, i don't think it's going to change from plain text here anytime soon. No virus found

RE: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts only plain text messages

2007-10-08 Thread Williams, Graham
That's a bit of a broad statement, over 90% of the email I receive is html based, and it never gets garbled. G -Original Message- From: Matt Kane's Brain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 05 October 2007 19:00 To: list 313 Subject: Re: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts only plain text

Re: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts only plain text messages

2007-10-08 Thread /0
read receipts are lame - Original Message - From: Williams, Graham [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Matt Kane's Brain [EMAIL PROTECTED]; list 313 313@hyperreal.org Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 4:33 AM Subject: RE: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts only plain text messages That's a bit

Re: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts only plain text messages

2007-10-08 Thread Thomas D. Cox, Jr.
Message- From: Matt Kane's Brain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 05 October 2007 19:00 To: list 313 Subject: Re: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts only plain text messages On Oct 5, 2007, at 1:16 PM, The Archiver wrote: What's so bad about receiving html? The Web's been around 15 years

RE: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts only plain text messages

2007-10-08 Thread Williams, Graham
on Saturday night! No Ableton, No Scratch, No bull$h1t. Just a full on DJ Bone Vinyl set! g -Original Message- From: Thomas D. Cox, Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 08 October 2007 12:34 To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts only plain text messages who

Re: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts only plain text messages

2007-10-08 Thread Matt Kane's Brain
I find the juxtaposition of these two viewpoints amusing. On Oct 8, 2007, at 10:20 AM, Williams, Graham wrote: I don't get any mail from 12 year old girls, maybe you do Tom, but apart from the 12 year old girls you know, every other mailing list I use is HTML based, most people I know send

RE: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts only plain text messages

2007-10-08 Thread Odeluga, Ken
I'm taking cover Matt . LOL! -Original Message- From: Matt Kane's Brain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 08 October 2007 15:26 To: 313 Mailing List Subject: Re: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts only plain text messages I find the juxtaposition of these two viewpoints amusing

Re: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts only plain text messages

2007-10-08 Thread kent williams
I gave the reasons behind staying plain-text at the top of this thread. I'm not going to change it. And look at it this way: no one will use yellow-on-white text, or Comic Sans. On 313 you have to use words to get your message across. On 10/8/07, Williams, Graham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: every

RE: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts only plain text messages

2007-10-05 Thread The Archiver
Can the list accept html? If it can, is there any reason why we couldn’t move to using a plain text /or html based list? G -Original Message- From: kent williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 05 October 2007 16:59 To: list 313 Subject: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts only plain

Re: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts only plain text messages

2007-10-05 Thread Matt Kane's Brain
One specific instance that can cause this. Sender A sends plain text message. Sender B replies to all with HTML message. Sender A receives HTML message from direct reply, replies to all, and his mail program says HEY LET'S DO HTML and sends that to all. On Oct 5, 2007, at 11:58 AM, kent

Re: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts only plain text messages

2007-10-05 Thread Michael . Elliot-Knight
yeah, second that - very strongly MEK Matt Kane's Brain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 10/05/2007 11:36:47 AM: NO PLEASE GOD NO HTML IN MY MAILBOX On Oct 5, 2007, at 12:28 PM, The Archiver wrote: Can the list accept html? If it can, is there any reason why we couldn?t move to using a

RE: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts only plain text messages

2007-10-05 Thread The Archiver
What's so bad about receiving html? G -Original Message- From: Matt Kane's Brain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 05 October 2007 17:37 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: 'kent williams'; 'list 313' Subject: Re: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts only plain text messages NO PLEASE GOD NO HTML

Re: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts only plain text messages

2007-10-05 Thread m50
Seconded again. m50 At 11:41 2007.10.05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: yeah, second that - very strongly MEK Matt Kane's Brain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 10/05/2007 11:36:47 AM: NO PLEASE GOD NO HTML IN MY MAILBOX On Oct 5, 2007, at 12:28 PM, The Archiver wrote: Can the list accept html?

Re: (313) REMINDER: 313 list accepts only plain text messages

2007-10-05 Thread Matt Kane's Brain
On Oct 5, 2007, at 1:16 PM, The Archiver wrote: What's so bad about receiving html? The Web's been around 15 years, and people still can't agree on how to correctly interpret HTML. You can never guarantee that your message won't get garbled by the interpreter. -- matt kane's brain