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

2008-01-12 Thread Mick
On Saturday 12 January 2008, Hal Martin wrote: 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

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

2008-01-12 Thread Dale
Mick wrote: Hmm, he may be waiting for you to do it, while you're explaining to all these moms out there why you may think that top-posting in this ML would be considered good netiquette? BTW, I'm not condoning thread hi-jacking either . . . To Dale: have you tried setting up new

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

2008-01-12 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 05:33:24 -0600, Dale wrote: Thanks. I didn't know you could change that in the address book. Can you tell me how this one comes through? It should be plain text, hopefully only plain text. It is :) -- Neil Bothwick Trekkers work out in the `He's Dead Gym'.

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

2008-01-12 Thread Mick
On Saturday 12 January 2008, Dale wrote: Mick wrote: Hmm, he may be waiting for you to do it, while you're explaining to all these moms out there why you may think that top-posting in this ML would be considered good netiquette? BTW, I'm not condoning thread hi-jacking either . . .

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

2008-01-12 Thread Dale
Mick wrote: On Saturday 12 January 2008, Dale wrote: Thanks. I didn't know you could change that in the address book. Can you tell me how this one comes through? It should be plain text, hopefully only plain text. Neat trick. ;-) OK, this is plain text as I can see in the

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

2008-01-12 Thread Mick
On Saturday 12 January 2008, Dale wrote: Mick wrote: . . . but you responded to a plain text message from the list, which as I recall you could always do. The problem I believe is when you start a new message. Email me off list with a new message and I will confirm if it is also plain

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

2008-01-11 Thread Hal Martin
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,

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

2008-01-11 Thread Qian Qiao
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hal Martin wrote: 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