On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 17:26, Stuart Jansen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 2009-11-19 at 17:08 -0700, Aaron Toponce wrote: >> What I fail to understand is why Unix nerds are so hardcore on plain >> text formatted email. I used to be that way, but I couldn't make sense >> of it. I understand top posting and trimming, but plain text? > > Plain text is easier to process. That's important in a list context > where the list manager may fall over processing HTML. Mailman can handle > HTML now, butif you look at the archive you'll discover it's not always > very graceful. It's also polite to stick to plain text when the audience > might be doing something insane with procmail. > > In more intimate conversation, though, I see no problem with HTML. In > fact it can be handy. In moderation. Remembering that decent MUAs > might mangle the message for security reasons.
Agreed. I've been somewhat overly irritated by abuse of "what can we do" instead of "what should we do". -- Alex Esplin -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
