+1 for the mandatory plain text as well. At least for us replacing Outlook as 
email client is not really an option and the cursed blue line makes inline 
replies a pain.

-Matias

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lng-odp [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of EXT 
> Zoltan
> Kiss
> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2016 12:32 PM
> To: Mike Holmes <[email protected]>; lng-odp <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [lng-odp] lng-odp mailman settings
> 
> +1 for mandatory plain text. HTML mail is for newsletters, but as soon
> as you try to reply to a section of someone else's mail, it breaks down
> to chaos. My observation is that mail clients tend to handle it
> differently, and screwing up each other (and their users) in the process.
> And setting font color for each responses doesn't scale well, it's just
> a band-aid. (and kid themed band-aids could be actually pretty cool, so
> it's worse than band-aid)
> If we could enforce everyone using the same mail client, HTML would
> work, but that's not the case here.
> 
> On 13/05/16 15:57, Mike Holmes wrote:
> > All,
> >
> > A topic that comes up occasionally that affects some mail tools like
> > outlook is that html email on this list makes it harder for some folks
> > to process patches.
> >
> > I use mutt specifically to avoid using a fancy email client for all my
> > patch download/send work, it is powered by coal/steam and would work
> > fine on a 1970 VAX but there you go.
> >
> > Anyway, does anyone object to having mailman reject HTML mail ? One up
> > side is that I will not waste time blocking offers of cheap watches and
> > fax services from the list :)
> >
> > On the other hand I will miss bullet lists and the color red when I am
> > grumpy.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > --
> > Mike Holmes
> > Technical Manager - Linaro Networking Group
> > Linaro.org <http://www.linaro.org/>***│ *Open source software for ARM
> SoCs
> > "Work should be fun and collaborative, the rest follows"
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