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On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 7:58 AM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Am I the only one here that sees this is a stupid and completely irrelevant |
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> thread? HTML mail is like farting when you meet the Queen - you just don't do |
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> it. There isn't a rule about it, it's not an exam question and there never |
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> was a formal process that came up with it. But if you do start raising one |
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> cheek to split the crack and let rip, the butler might come along nicely and |
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> ask you not to. At which point you should say "um, gee, thanks, I didn't know |
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> that..." |
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That was a really dumb analogy. It conveniently ignores the problem |
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and blows the situation out of proportion. As I said, very many mail |
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readers _default_ to html mails, and a significant part of user to |
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user contact is happily oblivious to it. It just doesn't come up in |
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everyday parlance. Forgive this one seething reaction to your |
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uncalled-for ridiculous holier-than-thou attitude, but the Internet |
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didn't stop growing 10 years ago. |
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It doesn't matter that there isn't a formal rule. What matters is |
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there is no way to find out about the de-facto rule in one of the |
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standard use-cases of a mailing list - which is to just ask a few |
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quick questions and filter out any irrelevant topics. |
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