Re: Here is some math...LOL

2002-10-08 Thread Alan Harding
Ok, Can we agree to differ and quit with the topic, which whilst having merits, seems blatently unresolvable. At the moment this thread has turned into an annoyance at best and is clogging up my reading of the actual real reasons for this mailing list From now on I am going to configure

RE: Here is some math...LOL

2002-10-07 Thread Ron Jones
I for one see a great deal of humor in it. :) Sometimes I wonder if it's truly an issue of the precious bandwidth (which becomes cheaper with each passing month) or the fact that HTML mail seems to be most prevalent among e-mail clients like Outlook, which is a product of that evil empire in

Re: Here is some math...LOL

2002-10-07 Thread Dallam Wych
On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 09:08:34PM -0400, Keith Winston wrote: As an interesting sidebar, I am on half a dozen mailing lists, including suse, slackware, debian, CUPS, etc. On all other lists combined, I get maybe 1 or 2 HTML e-mails a month (out of about 6000). On this list, I get over 10

Re: Here is some math...LOL

2002-10-07 Thread Mark
Folks, just one comment on why some of us think HTML mail is obnoxious: before reading this, esp. if you're getting the digest, try turning off enable html for mail and news, and then read this list. Then let us know your opinion. mark Lord, would the gift 'E gie us, to see oursel's

Re: Here is some math...LOL

2002-10-07 Thread mike
On Mon, 2002-10-07 at 15:41, Dallam Wych wrote: On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 09:08:34PM -0400, Keith Winston wrote: As an interesting sidebar, I am on half a dozen mailing lists, including suse, slackware, debian, CUPS, etc. On all other lists combined, I get maybe 1 or 2 HTML e-mails a

Re: Here is some math...LOL

2002-10-07 Thread Tom Wilson
On Sunday 06 October 2002 10:50 pm, Blair MacDonald's voice rose above the ones in my head and declared: Hi I shall be brief because I dont want to be insensitive to your bandwidth issues. As a result of a 4 KB message posted in html and my 5 KB reply asking why he should not post in html

Here is some math...LOL

2002-10-06 Thread Blair MacDonald
Hi I shall be brief because I dont want to be insensitive to your bandwidth issues. As a result of a 4 KB message posted in html and my 5 KB reply asking why he should not post in html there was a grand total of about 77 KB of complaints whos main issue is seems to be bandwidth

Re: Here is some math...LOL

2002-10-06 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Sun, 6 Oct 2002, Blair MacDonald wrote: Hi I shall be brief because I dont want to be insensitive to your bandwidth issues. As a result of a 4 KB message posted in html and my 5 KB reply asking why he should not post in html there was a grand total of about 77 KB of complaints whos

Re: Here is some math...LOL

2002-10-06 Thread Matt Rowley
automatic reply to the sender as to why. what was it kennedy said? something about the price being eternal vigilance, wasn't it? Actually, I'm pretty sure it was Thomas Jefferson. --Matt -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe

Re: Here is some math...LOL

2002-10-06 Thread Steven G. Taylor
Actually my problem with html email isn't the bandwidth, Its that the text is always too darn small to read. I have my fonts set perfectly for me and when someone slips in an html email I ignore it rather strain eyes trying to read it. On Sun, 2002-10-06 at 19:19, Robert P. J. Day wrote: On

Re: Here is some math...LOL

2002-10-06 Thread Keith Winston
On Sun, 2002-10-06 at 19:19, Robert P. J. Day wrote: and, more to the point, this issue is not going away any time soon. as more users come to linux, many of them will be joining the red hat mailing lists and bringing their bad habits with them, including the monstrosity that is HTML

Re: Here is some math...LOL

2002-10-06 Thread Blair MacDonald
(chuckle) . I deal fine Blair PS : SHEESH ;) - Original Message - From: Robert P. J. Day [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 4:19 PM Subject: Re: Here is some math...LOL On Sun, 6 Oct 2002, Blair MacDonald wrote: Hi I shall be brief because I

Re: Here is some math...LOL

2002-10-06 Thread Michael Fratoni
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 06 October 2002 07:19 pm, Robert P. J. Day wrote: and, more to the point, this issue is not going away any time soon. as more users come to linux, many of them will be joining the red hat mailing lists and bringing their bad habits with