From: "Robert J. Chassell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Ronn Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
... if anyone is sending mail from an AOL address, there is no way to set
the output to "plain text": AOL requires its users to use its own e-mail
program, which only produces messages in HTML.
Robert J. Chassell writes:
It is rude to send text such as ><BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000"
Besides discouraging reading, such text raises the costs of
transmission. I have friends, both in the US and elsewhere, who pay by the
minute or by the unit for every character they receive. While traveling, I
suffer equally. I have, for example, received email on a connection that was
slower than 300 baud!
Please, whoever is using AOL: since you cannot use AOL email and also be
frugal and readable at the same time, either stop posting in a crude,
expensive, and unpleasant manner to the Brin list; or else write to and tell
AOL that you are quitting them because their software prevents you from being
frugal and considerate. Thank you.>>
For the list administrators: Julia, Jeroen and Eileen.
I will not and cannot due to cost considerations change my ISP. I believe I
have a right to post to the list using what is for me, the most convenient
and easy means accessible.
Do I or do I not have a right to post to the Brin-L list as an AOL user?
If the answer is NO, please inform the entire list immediately that AOL users
are unwelcome and unwanted on Brin-L. And if I might make a suggestion, you
might also consider posting this on brin-l.com as well. Others might make
the mistake of thinking that this is a friendly and welcoming community.
If the answer is YES, then please inform the entire list of this and
**please** change the rules of etiquette to reflect my right to post. I’m
tired of being harassed on- and off-list for something I cannot do anything
about.
Jon
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
