HTML posting

[Jim Herrmann]

Remember the really bad old days when the default for M$-Lookout was 
RTF?  Man, that really sucked.  HTML is a relative dream compared to 
that.  I don't mind HTML messages.  I try not to use them for mailing 
lists, and I do understand it makes for messy digests and archives, but 
I don't use these much, so I guess I'm saying I don't really care.  I 
hate to see flame wars get going because of it.  It's really not that 
big of a deal one way or the other.

My $.02
Jim

Kendric Beachey wrote:

>On Friday 02 May 2003 08:40 am, Jason Crowe wrote:
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>>If you don't like html messages why not filter them on your own
>>machine(or use a text email client)? I don't like html messages, but
>>that doesn't mean I am not willing to hear what someone has to say just
>>because they do.
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>I hate HTML mail almost as much as I hate top-posting.  ;-)
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>But when I write email from work, I have to jump through a hoop on every 
>message to keep HTML from happening.  I have set Ouchlook (the only MUA that 
>can talk MAPI without me spending my own money) to make "Plain Text" the 
>default for my messages, but our stinkin' Exchange server turns everything 
>into HTML as it hands it to the outside world.  UNLESS, that is, I pull up 
>the Properties for the message and choose Mail Options, Attachment Style, 
>UUENCODE which will force the server to leave it as plain text.  (Even if 
>there are no actual attachments.)
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>There is no global setting for this.  I have to do it for EVERY message I 
>send.  Sometimes (often) I forget to jump through this hoop and I 
>accidentally send HTML email out to the world.
>
>As a result of this sad situation, I would advocate against outright banning 
>of HTML email from the list.
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