Just a couple things to keep in mind though: We can expect many newbies on this list (particularly the -users list) and many may not yet appreciate the value of text-only email.
While I certainly prefer text-only, I think it is worth being fairly forgiving on this list. One thing I would note is that while I do often try to read html messages, I long text lines are harder on the eyes and it's more likely that I will miss something if I am in a hurry. Of course many email clients suck and we have to expect that as a problem too.... Best Wishes, Chris Travers On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 5:15 PM, David Godfrey <lsmb...@sbts.com.au> wrote: > > Ok So I am a day late, > I said I would get this sent on Friday, and plumb forgot! > > The results on the poll were surprising considering the amount of HTML mail > seen > on the list. > They were also disappointing, out of the entire subscriber base, there we only > 16 responses. > > 2 Don't Care > 2 Multi Part is fine > 12 Prefer Text only > > In some cases multipart or HTML won't be read or have increased likelyhood of > being scored as spam. > > I will respond to Strollers excellent comments in a separate email. > Thank you to all who responded, many of you raised valid and interesting > points. > > Personally I am happy to send in Plain Text, although I consider the lack of > "flowed text" in most clients (including thunderbird) to be a major issue. > > Since before I started this thread, my client has been set to send "plain text > only", I sent the original email in HTML to attract attention. It certainly > seems to have worked! :) > > With regard to Multipart email, in general I don't like it, partly because of > a > "feature" of thunderbird, and partly because the plain text version of a > message > written in HTML will often be incorrectly formatted. > Thunderbird, and some other clients treat multipart sections as attachments > (including vcards that outlook often sends) and on recent releases consumes a > large chunk of screen displaying ICONS for each attached file (or mime part) > In the old days it was not so bad, the attachments were listed as text, and > often in a pane that was collapsed by default, sadly this is no longer the > case. > I suppose I really should come up with a suggested solution and raise a bug :( > > Once again thank you to all who participated, and may the list stay HTML free. > > Regards > David Godfrey > > David Godfrey wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > > > The reason for this poll is below (for those that are interested) > > > > I would like to know how many people > > a) are happy to receive html > > b) prefer plain text > > c) require plain text > > > > At the end of the week (Friday GMT+8) I will post the results > > > > Regards > > David Godfrey > > > > ======= > > > > Just recently I have had two people on the lists query me, > > Asking if I intended to send email in HTML > > > > Well actually, yes, I guess I did. > > Partly because most people have HTML capable browsers, > > and long before I sent an email on the list I had noticed that many > > contributors also sent in HTML. > > This made me think it was not a problem. > > > > I understand why mutt users may not like HTML, in it's standard form > > mutt displays the html source. > > There are probably other clients that this is also a problem for. > > > > One problem with plain text and modern clients, is that text is wrapped > > at the senders end. > > Normally to something like 72characters. > > This is a huge waste of screen space where you may easily have 160 to > > 300 or more characters available on a modern screen. > > Worse is when the sender has changed the default to something large, > > then you often have to scroll left and right as well as up and down to > > see the whole message. > > HTML on the other hand allows for dynamic rewrapping of the text by the > > receiving client. > > The sentence before last was all one line. > > Change the width of this window, it should rewrap the text dynamically. > > > > HTML also allows simple formatting changes (_/*like this*/_) that can > > often assist with readability. > > > > Either way the poll will tell us what everyone prefers. > > > > Regards > > David Godfrey > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation > > Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the > > business > > Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts > > Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ledger-smb-users mailing list > > Ledger-smb-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ledger-smb-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation > Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business > Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts > Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com > _______________________________________________ > Ledger-smb-users mailing list > Ledger-smb-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ledger-smb-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com _______________________________________________ Ledger-smb-users mailing list Ledger-smb-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ledger-smb-users
