From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E84AA1396D0 for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2017 08:36:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 634A5E0D75; Thu, 24 Aug 2017 08:36:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gw1.antarean.org (gw1.antarean.org [194.145.200.214]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE2A5E0D34 for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2017 08:36:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gw1.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF42D2134B for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2017 10:28:07 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at antarean.org Received: from gw1.antarean.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (gw1.antarean.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 0_rmwyCDsoQu for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2017 10:28:06 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mailstore1.antarean.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gw1.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52D8321250 for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2017 10:28:06 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [10.163.45.107] (unknown [62.72.193.65]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mailstore1.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 07A6632 for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2017 10:36:44 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2017 08:36:43 +0000 In-Reply-To: <20776dd5-ab51-2670-20ef-63fc6866af1c@gmail.com> References: <319cb05c-203a-ab1a-a574-73677f37e804@gmail.com> <7c4d1cd2-5f60-ba93-c3da-e104020a9898@gmail.com> <3d10856c-ca67-a4e5-1127-f53cc9bf338a@gmail.com> <405008a9-ee6f-50b0-3c0b-1fe36d5f497f@gmail.com> <20776dd5-ab51-2670-20ef-63fc6866af1c@gmail.com> 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Is this working correctly?? To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: "J. Roeleveld" Message-ID: X-Archives-Salt: 0285c208-5821-4d54-8a9b-cc53c58e7ecd X-Archives-Hash: 97b6d46e584559cc0bb23716f238f446 On 23 August 2017 22:10:10 GMT+02:00, Alan McKinnon wrote: >On 23/08/2017 21:26, Dale wrote: >> Alan McKinnon wrote: >>> On 23/08/2017 09:03, Thomas Mueller wrote: >>>> You (Dale) seem to have corrected the multipart/alternative >problem, except one message (Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: downgrading >glibc) where multipart/alternative went through=2E >>>> >>>> I would never design an email client to send multipart/alternative >by default, and might design an email client to not support >multipart/alternative at all in composed messages=2E >>> >>> And that's why your mail client will never rule the world, but >Outlook >>> and GMail's web interface does=2E >>> >>> I think it's high time we techies all got over the HTML thing now=2E >We >>> all have high speed internet these days, you can't buy a spinning >drive >>> smaller than 1TB anymore and apart from a few holdfasts like decent >>> Mailman lists (eg this one and kernel=2Eorg), email is a thing that >idiots >>> at work use like it was IM=2E Most other folks moved on=2E=2E=2E >>> >>=20 >> I tend to agree with that=2E Mine shows both plain text and HTML just >> fine=2E Either one works=2E By default, it blocks remote content whic= h >> generally results in a somewhat plain text email anyway, until I tell >it >> to show remote stuff=2E The only reason I do set it up this way is for >> gentoo=2Eorg and kde=2Eorg=2E Everyone else gets HTML, all the time=2E= =20 >>=20 >> I suspect the percentage of even Gentoo mailing list users that use >> software that can't show HTML is small=2E I wouldn't be surprised if it >is >> single digits even=2E That said, Seamonkey is starting to rub me the >> wrong way=2E The only reason I'm still using it is because of email >since >> some websites don't load correctly anymore=2E Since they changed that >> reply to list to reply to sender, that has thrown me a serious curve >> ball=2E Before mentioning Thunderbird, it has the same default=2E I >found >> that out while trying to figure out Seamonkey=2E So, if I switch from >> Seamonkey for email, it'll be something totally new and may even have >> the same stupid "feature"=2E=20 >>=20 >> Maybe one day someone can post in HTML and no one says anything=2E o_O > > >The only cases I see nowadays of really needing non-HTML mail is a) >this >list and b) mutt (or alike terminal MUA) for server mails which is >invariably always text-only anyway=2E=2E=2E > >People who send me mails with excessive HTML just go in my kill file on >Office 365, and it's the company spending $brazillions on that storage, >not me I agree as well=2E=2E=2E=2E I can handle HTML emails and won't complain=2E (As long as they don't set = some idiotic font or background colours) But top-posting when replying to emails makes for unnecessary difficult re= ading=2E -- Joost --=20 Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail=2E Please excuse my brevity=2E