Re: [gentoo-user] HTML vs. Text messages (WAS: Is GWN dead?)

[Hal Martin <hal.martin@gmail.com>]

I'll keep that in mind when I am sending email to the list from
Thunderbird. I'm also aware that many corporations block HTML mail to
lower the risk of a staff member opening up an infected/laced email
(generally on a Windows computer) so text emails are more advantageous
in that regard.

Randy, why aren't you out here making sure everyone's mom is aware of
all the thread hijacking going on?


-Hal


Dale wrote:
> Alan McKinnon wrote:
>> On Friday 11 January 2008, Dale wrote:
>>   
>>> Qian Qiao wrote:
>>>     
>>>> I'm sorry this goes OT Dale, but unfortunately, my mail client
>>>> cannot render html messages properly, and I trust a lot of people
>>>> on the list have the same problem. If would be nice if you can post
>>>> in plain text, at least in this list.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>       
>>> I have it set to send it text for this domain.  Is it not sending in
>>> plain text?  I have the same settings for other mailing lists as
>>> well.
>>>
>>> Thanks for pointing it out if it is not sending plain text tho.
>>>     
>>
>> It's sent multipart, so the pure text can be used alone for users like 
>> Qian Qiao. That's how I've set up my kmail (I can view it as html if I 
>> wish)
>>
>> To be honest, it's not really a big deal for a list like this. The text 
>> is 492 bytes, the html is 867 bytes and the whole thing is 4.5k
>>
>> In other words, the text and html *together* are still smaller than the 
>> headers :-)
>>
>>   
>
> True, but I do try to "go with the flow" here.  I use Seamonkey for my
> email.  I went to "Edit" and "Preferences" then chose "Send formats". 
> I place gentoo.org in the text only section.  What else can I do to
> make sure it sends it correctly?  I do prefer to send it text only
> since some do use some strange email programs.
>
> Thanks
>
> Dale
>
> :-)  :-)  :-) 

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