Hi, On 1/25/08, MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not keen because: it's usually duplication which adds no content; > lists.gnu.org is already overloaded sometimes and doubling the size of > each outgoing message would make things worse; and html'ing emailers > make the same sort of painful colour/font screwups as unskilled > webmasters.
Duplication: usually true, though sometimes arguably the use of e.g. colour can add additional meaning to content. Though not necessarily for this audience, which only sees in black and white ;-) lists.gnu.org sounds like a problem regardless of mail: is there a plan to upgrade it or should we consider moving this list to a better host? As for html'ing emailers: sometimes even proficient non-html'ing emailers fall into the trap of sending html emails (especially road warriors who are forced to use multitudinous web mail clients). Which is worse - loss of their contribution or a triple-size colourful mail? FWIW, our internet traditions which we fought to preserve so long and hard are now a troublesome barrier to entry in a number of fields in FLOSS communities, not just mailing lists. The "facebook generation" are less patient with clunky ssh-based or command-line based tools but are no less valuable contributors for all that. The idea that they should care what format their emails are sent in is a little absurd when we're trying to gain an audience in the first place. A. _______________________________________________ Fsfe-uk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-uk
