posting in html is fine with me. ...Bri > ---------- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Andy Carvin > Reply To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group > Sent: Friday, January 7, 2005 11:07 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [DDN] admin: thoughts on changing policy re: html messages > > 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 > > -- > ----------------------------------- > Andy Carvin > Program Director > EDC Center for Media & Community > acarvin @ edc . org > http://www.digitaldivide.net > http://www.tsunami-info.org > Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com > ----------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > 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. > >
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