OK, I can’t stay silent any longer. This HTML thing causes untold controversy
on this group, far more than it should. Let’s move into the 21st century and
allow HTML. Sherry, the fact that your message came through in HTML (you said
blame GMAIL) illustrates how hard it is for some people to configure e-mail. I
have Outlook 2007, and I have configured it to send to this group in plain
text. However, it and many other e-mail programs send replies in the same
format as the original post, regardless of settings.
Let’s take the reasons given for no HTML one by one.
HTML format messages require more server space for archiving than plain text
messages.
The server actually seems to store the messages in plain text anyway, it
certainly looks like it when viewing the archives. Anyway, as long as the
message doesn’t contain pictures
and other fancy stuff (ban just the fancy stuff), is a post of 100-200
words really that much bigger in HTML?
HTML messages can hide viruses.
That what anti-virus programs are for. Everybody reading this newsgroup
probably is surfing webpages and those are in HTML. If you will surf to a MTML
webpage,
why is an HTML e-mail message any different?
HTML messages will increase a message's Spam rating by Spam blocking software.
Maybe, but virtually all of my incoming e-mail is HTML and I don’t have any
problems
It takes longer for persons with dial-up connections to download HTML messages.
True, but how many people does this affect? And, I go back to how much
bigger is a text only HTML message? I realize HTML messages contain ‘two
versions’ of
the message, but these messages (even with an HTML and plain test component)
are not huge.
Some older e-mail readers display HTML messages by including hypertext code,
which makes them hard to read.
Again, how many people does this affect?
Some people with visual impairment may have difficulty reading messages with
colored text or tinted backgrounds.
OK, just ban the fancy stuff.
Paul Gray
From: Sherry/Support [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: October-26-10 9:35 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [LegacyUG] REMINDER!
We have been receiving complaints about HTML emails being sent to the LUG list.
Please make sure that your emails are sent in plain text.
At the bottom of every email sent to the group is a link to the Legacy Usesr
Group Guidelines. Please click on that link and review the guidelines again.
If you're not sure how to set your email program or webmail to plain text,
there's a link in the guidelines to a website that has that information.
Also, We ask that there be no attachments - make sure your AV program isn't
sending out a certification attachment and please don't send read receipts to
the group.
Thanks for your cooperation!
Sincerely,
Sherry
Technical Support
Legacy Family Tree
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