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Stroller wrote: |
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> It's a bug because it annoys people. It only tends to annoy me when the |
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> sender has set the text to a size which is unreadable or intrusive on my |
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> monitor (a size which is undoubtedly perfect on the sender's 800x600 |
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> monitor), but it appears to annoy other people more. That there's scope |
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> for us to have this discussion demonstrates that it's simply better to |
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> post plain-text to mailing lists. Mailers should default to plain text |
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> unless the user explicitly chooses otherwise. |
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> Stroller. |
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Mailers should also default to useful column sizes, which seem to have |
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failed in the case of your last message. |
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Many mailers do default to plain text, as it is all they handle, it is |
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essentially for them that we use plain text vs html anyway, along with |
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other reasons that are demonstrated at |
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http://www.expita.com/nomime.html. On this list I am sure the reasons |
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are more for text readers and the digests vs Microsoft vulnerabilities. |
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Until a mailer can sense that is it subscribed to a mailing list, they |
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will never default to plain text. Adding pretty markup and pictures or |
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colors is considered an important feature to many people. |
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I agree that it wouldn't hurt to put a link to a mailing list guide, or |
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a few pointers in the welcome post, or on the mailing list webpage. If |
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anything, to prevent users from getting as bent out of shape. As for the |
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replies they get, they generally aren't rude. |
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I would not say it's a piece of Gentoo "enculturation", as it is similar |
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on most mailing lists. |
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-Steve |