Re: HTML sectarianism :-)

2003-02-09 Thread Miguel A. Urech
Hello Paul, Over 90% of the html e-mail is spam, plain and simple. Maybe in your case. In mine: - Only about 25% of the spam I get is HTML. - Only less that 10% of the HTML I get is spam. - I'm subscribed to some newsletter, which I am very interested in, that are only sent in HTML.

Re: HTML sectarianism :-)

2003-02-09 Thread Allie Martin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 In [EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED], Miguel A. Urech [MAU] wrote:' MAU - Only about 25% of the spam I get is HTML. - Only less that 10% of MAU the HTML I get is spam. - I'm subscribed to some newsletter, which MAU I am very interested in,

Re: HTML sectarianism :-)

2003-02-09 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Sunday, February 9, 2003, 12:31 AM, you wrote: PW None of my friends or family send me html mail. Over 90% of the html PW e-mail is spam, plain and simple. It gets deleted, not read. We also use PW our cell phones for all personal communications. The home phone has a PW telezapper on it.

Re: HTML sectarianism :-)

2003-02-09 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Saturday, February 8, 2003, 11:09 PM, you wrote: S FIDOnet still lives!! S email subscription: [EMAIL PROTECTED] S subject: help S body: list I tried, here is what I got: The local mail transport system has reported the following problems it encountered while trying to deliver your

Re: HTML sectarianism :-)

2003-02-09 Thread Deborah W
On Saturday, February 8, 2003, 5:47:09 PM, Richard Wakeford wrote: RW Gosh, this HTML thing really is dividing up what was a happy mailing RW list. It's worse than Catholics against Protestants (or any other RW religious factions squabbling). No it isn't. It's no fun, but believe me, it's not as

Re: HTML sectarianism :-)

2003-02-09 Thread Richard Wakeford
Hello Deborah, On Sun, 9 Feb 2003 at 19:44:59[GMT +](which was 19:44 where I live) you wrote: No it isn't. It's no fun, but believe me, it's not as bad as that. I know, I've worked in Belfast. In fact the last time I was there they bombed the Europa hotel (as it was then) the day after we

Re[2]: HTML sectarianism :-)

2003-02-09 Thread Deborah W
On Sunday, February 9, 2003, 8:12:43 PM, Richard Wakeford wrote: RW I know, I've worked in Belfast. In fact the last time I was there they RW bombed the Europa hotel (as it was then) the day after we left :-) It's still the Europa. No barbed wire fence around the front now though. When were you

Re: HTML sectarianism :-)

2003-02-09 Thread Paul Wilson
Sunday, 2/9/2003, 1:23 PM Hi Miguel, On Sun, 9 Feb 2003, at 12:03:01 [GMT +0100] (which was 3:03 AM where I live) you wrote about: 'HTML sectarianism :-)' MAU - I'm subscribed to some newsletter, which I am very interested in, MAU that are only sent in HTML. The newsletters that I am

HTML sectarianism :-)

2003-02-08 Thread Richard Wakeford
Hello all, Gosh, this HTML thing really is dividing up what was a happy mailing list. It's worse than Catholics against Protestants (or any other religious factions squabbling). I personally hate HTML but PC novices (and a lot of regular users) don't seem understand the difference between that

Re: HTML sectarianism :-)

2003-02-08 Thread Richard Wakeford
Hello Csaba, On Sat, 8 Feb 2003 at 18:59:56[GMT +0100](which was 17:59 where I live) you wrote: I think you just further detriorate the situation by calling those who like HTML mail PC novices. Was it really necessary? Does it make you feel that you belong to the experts now? I personally

Re[2]: HTML sectarianism :-)

2003-02-08 Thread Kenneth S. Rhee
Hello Jurgen, Saturday, February 8, 2003, 1:11:13 PM, you wrote: JH LOL in some ways that reminds me of the good old times in the FIDO net JH when the Amiga Users and the Atari ST Users were at each others JH throats *sigh* Why does it have to be either or. I vote for peaceful coexistence.

Re: HTML sectarianism :-)

2003-02-08 Thread marek jedlinski
Why does it have to be either or. I vote for peaceful coexistence. It's difficult for coexistence to be peaceful, when one side does not make life annoying for the other (text messages are equally readable to everyone), but the other side is not willing to reciprocate (html messages are not

Re: HTML sectarianism :-)

2003-02-08 Thread Mary Bull
Hello Csaba! On Saturday, February 08, 2003, 11:59 AM, you wrote: C Hello, C Saturday, February 8, 2003, 6:47:09 PM, you wrote: RW Gosh, this HTML thing really is dividing up what was a happy mailing RW list. It's worse than Catholics against Protestants (or any other RW religious factions

Re[2]: HTML sectarianism :-)

2003-02-08 Thread Kenneth S. Rhee
Hello marek, Saturday, February 8, 2003, 2:25:47 PM, you wrote: mj Allow me to respectfully disagree. I believe that before we move on, mj we all should make independent, informed decisions about whether the mj proposed direction is beneficial. Ah! Therein lies the problem I see. I have not

Re: HTML sectarianism :-)

2003-02-08 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello marek, On Sat, 8 Feb 2003 20:25:47 +0100 GMT (09/02/03, 02:25 +0700 GMT), marek jedlinski wrote: I guess we all have to move on sometimes. Allow me to respectfully disagree. I believe that before we move on, we all should make independent, informed decisions about whether the proposed

Re: HTML sectarianism :-)

2003-02-08 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Saturday, February 8, 2003, 1:11 PM, you wrote: JH LOL in some ways that reminds me of the good old times in the FIDO net JH when the Amiga Users and the Atari ST Users were at each others JH throats *sigh* My Atari ST was the greatest thing since sliced bread!! in 1985 it had windows

Re: HTML sectarianism :-)

2003-02-08 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Saturday, February 8, 2003, 6:02 PM, you wrote: JH Hey Mr Atari ST, our 68000 machines were better than anything else, JH right? ;-) My Amiga 2000 had a better O/S than what I am using now, JH some 12 years later! I will not disagree with that statement AT ALL!!! Of course UNIX is the BEST

Re: HTML sectarianism :-)

2003-02-08 Thread Wolffe
I *WAS* trying to stay out of this .. But some opinion needs inserted here :-) On Saturday, February 08, 2003 Kenneth S. Rhee stated: KSR Hello Jurgen, KSR Why does it have to be either or. I vote for peaceful coexistence. That's what the originator was trying to put across .. Rw OK, I'm

Re[3]: HTML sectarianism :-)

2003-02-08 Thread Mike Alexander
Hi Kenneth, Saturday, February 8, 2003, 6:39:41 PM, you wrote: KSR Whether I or we like it or not, as long as MS creates OL and OE, and everyone seems to be enamored with rich text, multimedia e-mails, this will not go away. In fact, I predict that in a couple KSR of years, we all be sending

Re[3]: HTML sectarianism :-)

2003-02-08 Thread Spike
Hello Kenneth S. Rhee, On or about Saturday, February 08, 2003 at 13:39:41GMT -0500 (which was 1:39 PM in the tropics where I live) Kenneth pointed out :-): KSR folks used to laugh at Macs when they were first introduced Used to? Still do, 100 times every day!! _*{_SCORN_}*_ Is that enough

Re[2]: HTML sectarianism :-)

2003-02-08 Thread Spike
Hello Roelof Otten, On or about Saturday, February 08, 2003 at 19:55:31GMT +0100 (which was 1:55 PM in the tropics where I live) Roelof Otten postulated: RO OOTC Does anybody know a tool that downloads fidonet mail and RO makes it accessible to TB? Since I've got a local RO mailserver, it may

Re: HTML sectarianism :-)

2003-02-08 Thread Chris Murtland
The world of business is full of people who will send HTML mail. I am not in the position to dictate to my clients how to send me messages, regardless of my personal preferences. Philosophy aside, rejecting all HTML mail is a bit akin to refusing to answer the phone because you prefer telegrams.

Re: HTML sectarianism :-)

2003-02-08 Thread Paul Wilson
Saturday, 2/8/2003, 9:25 PM Hi Chris, On Sat, 8 Feb 2003, at 23:16:29 [GMT -0500] (which was 8:16 PM where I live) you wrote about: 'HTML sectarianism :-)' CM The world of business is full of people who will send HTML mail. I am CM not in the position to dictate to my clients how to send me