On Monday 22 December 2008 03:06:07 Mark David Dumlao wrote: > On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 7:58 AM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Am I the only one here that sees this is a stupid and completely > > irrelevant thread? HTML mail is like farting when you meet the Queen - > > you just don't do it. There isn't a rule about it, it's not an exam > > question and there never was a formal process that came up with it. But > > if you do start raising one cheek to split the crack and let rip, the > > butler might come along nicely and ask you not to. At which point you > > should say "um, gee, thanks, I didn't know that..." > > That was a really dumb analogy. It conveniently ignores the problem > and blows the situation out of proportion. As I said, very many mail > readers _default_ to html mails, and a significant part of user to > user contact is happily oblivious to it. It just doesn't come up in > everyday parlance. Forgive this one seething reaction to your > uncalled-for ridiculous holier-than-thou attitude, but the Internet > didn't stop growing 10 years ago. > > It doesn't matter that there isn't a formal rule. What matters is > there is no way to find out about the de-facto rule in one of the > standard use-cases of a mailing list - which is to just ask a few > quick questions and filter out any irrelevant topics.
Ooooh, touchy-touchy :-) You should all have a good long hard look at yourselves about this thread - it looks EXACTLY the same as my 6 and 11 year old kids bicker between themselves about who took who's swimming goggles first -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
