My two cents: If someone really needs HTML for emphasis, there are plenty of resources to make it available through a link. Frankly, the second I see HTML in a message, my gut says 'SPAM'. While it may be pretty, the bottom line is really communication.
What's really good about plain text is that it works with any email client. Some email clients do not generate proper HTML, or when they do generate HTML it is quite bloated (do you really need a name?). HTML messages on non-secure Windows machines is also a really great way to hide a script and run a virus when it loads. Do I really need a fancy background, or a picture, etc, in an email? I don't think so... Andy Carvin wrote: > Hi everyone, > > In recent months we've had some problems with getting list members' > messages to the list because of the increasing number of messages in > HTML. Historically, we haven't allowed HTML messages on the list > because of bandwidth limits of some users (an html message contains > more than twice the amount of data of a plain text message). Now, > though, more than half of the messages that people try to post to the > list come in HTML, including from developing countries. Because our > list software, Mailman, cannot automatically strip out HTML, it > rejects these messages if I try to post them. This means that I have > to email the author and ask them to repost in plain text, which they > don't always do. So many messages are not getting posted simply > because they're submitted in HTML. > > So I'd like to ask for comments from list members about a proposed > rule change regarding HTML messages. The rule change would allow > people to post in HTML, but still not allow attachments, which we > block for virus and bandwidth concerns. Plain text, of course, will > still be encouraged, but members wouldn't be penalized if they didn't > comply. > > Please let me know what you think. If there's general consensus that > posting in HTML is acceptable to the group, I'll make the rule change > in the FAQ. > > thanks, > ac > -- Taran Rampersad [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxgazette.com http://www.a42.com http://www.worldchanging.com http://www.knowprose.com http://www.easylum.net "Criticize by creating." — Michelangelo _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
