From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JDU3Y-0003Bc-9x for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:17:00 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 93931E058B; Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:16:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.178]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00D80E051E for ; Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:16:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id w53so1696757pyg.25 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:16:30 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=iEXgXgfyGTK5A5wLHXjbtpPzcaXrmVCslnNuitbx0jU=; b=ALfSJVByHKxr7/RoXxiWq2hyJtO7kKIEIsdPvB9bDRvWMXAPHLrK8XgCEyVpe+O5LuFmpkAwXku7C3ZtEnRngQkNQgZEcnfQKjiQwYzsZW0UkxkUZDzBfMUi7gGoFhKTCp5XdN31mP3KsEfn8SUr1fxTZDfQAEfXoCXoLYBuDZ4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=qMHv00WksBxuTA3PigK3Un/60lfSvcQvfou1xXExuEAnF8N8LtJtHuLNmKfmf5NgGt5lEk3c2qjFPvyy8cu9YY45kLYTXjMH9q8Smrq8+uket4QIjL/ZQDZm92eKS7KvXpV+3lxNXXD7VIWoOcww2fYYLWm4ZJcm0EXHr/PkuyA= Received: by 10.65.15.19 with SMTP id s19mr8242695qbi.17.1200096989916; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:16:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?10.1.1.39? ( [216.106.96.38]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id f18sm2760610qba.14.2008.01.11.16.16.28 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:16:28 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <478806E1.7090408@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:16:33 -0500 From: Hal Martin User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071125) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] HTML vs. Text messages (WAS: Is GWN dead?) References: <20080111082729.GA12107@localhost> <4787709A.5020003@bellsouth.net> <200801111546.03887.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <4787F94A.7040306@bellsouth.net> In-Reply-To: <4787F94A.7040306@bellsouth.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: c19d9784-b88f-41a6-8ec7-e6fb3aa5fb21 X-Archives-Hash: 6db29ad39190f10df2c254e3575913f8 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 > > :-) :-) :-) -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list