Re: [opensuse] test of sending to list using TEXT not HTML

2007-01-06 Thread Sergey Mkrtchyan
Geir A. Myrestrand wrote: Sergey Mkrtchyan wrote: I send and receive lots of e-mails which contain equations. I just prepare them using any equation editor and paste them as pictures in my HTML e-mail. So I raise my both hands ;) Note that you can send images without using HTML. Just make

Re: [opensuse] test of sending to list using TEXT not HTML

2007-01-06 Thread Sergey Mkrtchyan
Carlos E. R. wrote: I send and receive lots of e-mails which contain equations. I just prepare them using any equation editor and paste them as pictures in my HTML e-mail. So I raise my both hands ;) Good enough reason, for you :-) Paifull way of working on the other sides of the planet.

Re: [opensuse] test of sending to list using TEXT not HTML

2007-01-06 Thread Carlos E. R.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Saturday 2007-01-06 at 12:24 +0400, Sergey Mkrtchyan wrote: Read this, then correct your signature: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signature_block I read it, thank you, but that didn't answer my question. So what should I do, create a

Re: [opensuse] test of sending to list using TEXT not HTML

2007-01-06 Thread Carlos E. R.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Saturday 2007-01-06 at 12:42 +0400, Sergey Mkrtchyan wrote: Good enough reason, for you :-) Paifull way of working on the other sides of the planet. Friend, who I'm working with, each time makes that all calculations by hand then scan it

Re: [opensuse] test of sending to list using TEXT not HTML

2007-01-06 Thread Sergey Mkrtchyan
Hi Carlos! Carlos E. R. wrote: The Saturday 2007-01-06 at 12:42 +0400, Sergey Mkrtchyan wrote: Paifull way of working on the other sides of the planet. Friend, who I'm working with, each time makes that all calculations by hand then scan it and send it to me as pdf. Slow process... He could

Re: [opensuse] test of sending to list using TEXT not HTML

2007-01-06 Thread Carlos E. R.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Sunday 2007-01-07 at 00:21 +0400, Sergey Mkrtchyan wrote: He could use a graphic format as png. Ah, have a look at the djvu format: it is designed for scanned material, not as pdf. The problem is creation, not simple. Will drop that

Re: [opensuse] test of sending to list using TEXT not HTML

2007-01-06 Thread Kenneth Schneider
On Sat, 2007-01-06 at 23:51 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Sunday 2007-01-07 at 00:21 +0400, Sergey Mkrtchyan wrote: He could use a graphic format as png. Ah, have a look at the djvu format: it is designed for scanned material, not

Re: [opensuse] test of sending to list using TEXT not HTML

2007-01-06 Thread Charles philip Chan
Ah, yes, some scanner programs (specially in windows) produce pdf output directly, making them simple to generate. maybe it is possible to do the same in Linux. xsane = 0.98 can do single page pdf. xsane = 0.99 can do multi-paged pdf prjects. Charles -- printk(KERN_CRIT PFX Reboot didn't

Re: [opensuse] test of sending to list using TEXT not HTML

2007-01-06 Thread Carlos E. R.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Saturday 2007-01-06 at 18:11 -0500, Kenneth Schneider wrote: It is possible using the latest versions of xsane. It allows you to automatically save the doc to a file and pdf is one of the formats supported. You are right, the version in 10.1

Re: [opensuse] test of sending to list using TEXT not HTML

2007-01-06 Thread Mike McMullin
On Fri, 2007-01-05 at 14:55 -0500, James Knott wrote: Michael Nelson wrote: On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 01:55:42AM -0500, Mike McMullin wrote: Perhaps I'm in the minority here, but I bit bucket HTML e-mails coming into this account as soon as I see them, unread. I do too. I

Re: [opensuse] test of sending to list using TEXT not HTML

2007-01-05 Thread Carlos E. R.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Friday 2007-01-05 at 01:55 -0500, Mike McMullin wrote: Perhaps I'm in the minority here, but I bit bucket HTML e-mails coming into this account as soon as I see them, unread. That's an overkill. I agree that sending html to this list (and

Re: [opensuse] test of sending to list using TEXT not HTML

2007-01-05 Thread James Knott
Randall R Schulz wrote: On Thursday 04 January 2007 22:31, Mike McMullin wrote: ... Please don't ever send someone or anyone you might like, HTML e-mail. Why not? Typographic variation is an age-old aspect of textual expression. There's no good reason to eschew it. Why should

Re: [opensuse] test of sending to list using TEXT not HTML

2007-01-05 Thread Michael Nelson
On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 01:55:42AM -0500, Mike McMullin wrote: Perhaps I'm in the minority here, but I bit bucket HTML e-mails coming into this account as soon as I see them, unread. I do too. I figure if someone is clueless enough to send HTML mail, the content is unlikely to be of

Re: [opensuse] test of sending to list using TEXT not HTML

2007-01-05 Thread Felix Miata
On 2007/01/05 07:11 (GMT-0800) Randall R Schulz apparently typed: On Friday 05 January 2007 04:33, Joachim Schrod wrote: Because HTML emails tend to be much larger (again, not all of are on broadband all of the time). Can you quantify that? 'Cause I don't believe that a few font variations

Re: [opensuse] test of sending to list using TEXT not HTML

2007-01-05 Thread Randall R Schulz
On Friday 05 January 2007 07:32, Felix Miata wrote: On 2007/01/05 07:11 (GMT-0800) Randall R Schulz apparently typed: On Friday 05 January 2007 04:33, Joachim Schrod wrote: Because HTML emails tend to be much larger (again, not all of are on broadband all of the time). Can you quantify

Re: [opensuse] test of sending to list using TEXT not HTML

2007-01-05 Thread Mike McMullin
On Fri, 2007-01-05 at 12:38 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Friday 2007-01-05 at 01:55 -0500, Mike McMullin wrote: Perhaps I'm in the minority here, but I bit bucket HTML e-mails coming into this account as soon as I see them, unread.

Re: [opensuse] test of sending to list using TEXT not HTML

2007-01-05 Thread Geir A. Myrestrand
Randall R Schulz wrote: I say, HTML mail is OK. I say, ban all HTML in e-mail messages. Everyone who agrees, raise your arm. Everyone who disagrees, raise both arms. Then count and enforce the result... ;-) -- Geir A. Myrestrand -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional

Re: [opensuse] test of sending to list using TEXT not HTML

2007-01-05 Thread Sergey Mkrtchyan
Geir A. Myrestrand wrote: Randall R Schulz wrote: I say, HTML mail is OK. I say, ban all HTML in e-mail messages. Everyone who agrees, raise your arm. Everyone who disagrees, raise both arms. Then count and enforce the result... ;-) I send and receive lots of e-mails which contain

Re: [opensuse] test of sending to list using TEXT not HTML

2007-01-05 Thread James Knott
Michael Nelson wrote: On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 01:55:42AM -0500, Mike McMullin wrote: Perhaps I'm in the minority here, but I bit bucket HTML e-mails coming into this account as soon as I see them, unread. I do too. I figure if someone is clueless enough to send HTML mail, the

Re: [opensuse] test of sending to list using TEXT not HTML

2007-01-05 Thread Geir A. Myrestrand
Sergey Mkrtchyan wrote: Geir A. Myrestrand wrote: Randall R Schulz wrote: I say, HTML mail is OK. I say, ban all HTML in e-mail messages. Everyone who agrees, raise your arm. Everyone who disagrees, raise both arms. Then count and enforce the result... ;-) I send and receive lots of

Re: [opensuse] test of sending to list using TEXT not HTML

2007-01-05 Thread Carlos E. R.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Friday 2007-01-05 at 15:46 -0500, Geir A. Myrestrand wrote: Sergey Mkrtchyan wrote: I send and receive lots of e-mails which contain equations. I just prepare them using any equation editor and paste them as pictures in my HTML e-mail.

Re: [opensuse] test of sending to list using TEXT not HTML

2007-01-05 Thread Carlos E. R.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Friday 2007-01-05 at 23:42 +0400, Sergey Mkrtchyan wrote: I say, ban all HTML in e-mail messages. Mmmm what about freedom of choice? Everyone who agrees, raise your arm. Everyone who disagrees, raise both arms. Then count and enforce

Re: [opensuse] test of sending to list using TEXT not HTML

2007-01-05 Thread Felix Miata
On 2007/01/06 02:08 (GMT+0100) Carlos E. R. apparently typed: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Friday 2007-01-05 at 23:42 +0400, Sergey Mkrtchyan wrote: I say, ban all HTML in e-mail messages. Mmmm what about freedom of choice? Exactly how does one choose to never

Re: [opensuse] test of sending to list using TEXT not HTML

2007-01-05 Thread Randall R Schulz
On Friday 05 January 2007 17:15, Felix Miata wrote: ... Exactly how does one choose to never receive any HTML email, or for that matter, never to receive email littered with useless PGP junk to a mailing list? I suppose that whatever it is, it's the same way I would choose not to receive

Re: [opensuse] test of sending to list using TEXT not HTML

2007-01-05 Thread Michael Nelson
On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 05:45:53PM -0800, Randall R Schulz wrote: I suppose that whatever it is, it's the same way I would choose not to receive useless and offensive bible quotations via a mailing list. Please sign me up for that one! -- If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute

Re: [opensuse] test of sending to list using TEXT not HTML

2007-01-05 Thread Geir A. Myrestrand
Carlos E. R. wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Friday 2007-01-05 at 23:42 +0400, Sergey Mkrtchyan wrote: I say, ban all HTML in e-mail messages. Mmmm what about freedom of choice? Everyone who agrees, raise your arm. Everyone who disagrees, raise both arms.

Re: [opensuse] test of sending to list using TEXT not HTML

2007-01-05 Thread Geir A. Myrestrand
Carlos E. R. wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Friday 2007-01-05 at 15:46 -0500, Geir A. Myrestrand wrote: Sergey Mkrtchyan wrote: I send and receive lots of e-mails which contain equations. I just prepare them using any equation editor and paste them as pictures in

Re: [opensuse] test of sending to list using TEXT not HTML

2007-01-05 Thread Bruce Marshall
On Friday 05 January 2007 20:02, Carlos E. R. wrote: Web sites use html. Nobody tells them to use plain text. Html is not evil per se. Use of html by evil people can be evil. That's different. You might be right However When they switched over to opensuse as a mail server from the

Re: [opensuse] test of sending to list using TEXT not HTML

2007-01-05 Thread Carlos E. R.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Friday 2007-01-05 at 21:11 -0500, Bruce Marshall wrote: On Friday 05 January 2007 20:02, Carlos E. R. wrote: Web sites use html. Nobody tells them to use plain text. Html is not evil per se. Use of html by evil people can be evil. That's

Re: [opensuse] test of sending to list using TEXT not HTML

2007-01-05 Thread Carlos E. R.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Friday 2007-01-05 at 21:06 -0500, Geir A. Myrestrand wrote: Note that you can send images without using HTML. Just make references to the attached images if necessary. There are also document formats you can use for this that will

Re: [opensuse] test of sending to list using TEXT not HTML

2007-01-05 Thread James Knott
Michael Nelson wrote: On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 05:45:53PM -0800, Randall R Schulz wrote: I suppose that whatever it is, it's the same way I would choose not to receive useless and offensive bible quotations via a mailing list. Please sign me up for that one! And me. -- To

[opensuse] test of sending to list using TEXT not HTML

2007-01-04 Thread StephenW
This is an attempt to anser the problem of sending to the list - I keep getting denied posting. This is written with the HTML option disabled. winstephen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] test of sending to list using TEXT not HTML

2007-01-04 Thread Mike McMullin
On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 14:29 -0800, StephenW wrote: This is an attempt to anser the problem of sending to the list - I keep getting denied posting. This is written with the HTML option disabled. Please don't ever send someone or anyone you might like, HTML e-mail. -- To unsubscribe,

Re: [opensuse] test of sending to list using TEXT not HTML

2007-01-04 Thread Randall R Schulz
On Thursday 04 January 2007 22:31, Mike McMullin wrote: ... Please don't ever send someone or anyone you might like, HTML e-mail. Why not? Typographic variation is an age-old aspect of textual expression. There's no good reason to eschew it. Why should we be stuck in the 1970s when it

Re: [opensuse] test of sending to list using TEXT not HTML

2007-01-04 Thread Mike McMullin
On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 22:45 -0800, Randall R Schulz wrote: On Thursday 04 January 2007 22:31, Mike McMullin wrote: ... Please don't ever send someone or anyone you might like, HTML e-mail. Why not? Typographic variation is an age-old aspect of textual expression. There's no good