Hi, On 1/28/08, Chris Croughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sigh. Yes, it is a performance issue. This whole (part of) the thread > was about the size of the HTML part which more than doubles the size of > files/bandwidth/CPU time, not about "can I read it?" (which as has been > pointed out several times be solved by piping it through lynx or > whatever). How do I read just the non-HTML parts when they are all in > the same file? I'd suggest that in this modern world we live in, worrying about the difference between an HTML and a text email is excessive optimisation. > > > Or I can just leave. Or less drastically dump all HTML messages at the > > > server so I'll just miss people who post that way. > > > > It would be shame to loose you.., but then wouldn't it be a shame to > > exclude all those Outlook, Yahoo and GMail users we would like to > > incorporate into our movement? > > Sigh. Once again, no one is saying "lose the Outlook, Yahoo and GMail > users". The existing mailserver converts HTML into text, it has been > said, all us Luddites are saying is keep on doing that. Anyone reading > the list with any mail client can read text. But gosh, wouldn't it be a more fulfilling and wonderful user experience for the rest of the world if they found their de facto mail format was also accepted (not stripped, munged, mangled, downgraded ... but *accepted*) on a free software mailing list? A. _______________________________________________ Fsfe-uk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-uk
