Title: RE: META: E-mail format
My sincere apologies.
I always change this as a matter of course so I can only assume that some upgrade by my company has changed it.
Martin
-Original Message-
From: Emir Alikadic (ADNOC IS&T) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 25 July 2001 11:50
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: META: E-mail format
Greetings all!
Use of HTML- and RTF-formatted e-mail is on rise and needs to stop ASAP.
Most recent (messages sent on July 25th) "offenders" are:
- Prosa
- raghu
- Senthil Kumar Rajamanickam
- Martin Welch
- Brigger Patrick
- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
- Michael Petres
Now, I am not the moderator or the owner of this list, I'm just a regular
user who read and understood mailing list's guidelines before joining. I
use MS Outlook 2000 to write this message yet I don't use RTF (Format ->
Plain Text -> Yes) - trust me, it's easy. Using HTML of RTF in your e-mail
is not only considered rude, it also reduces your chances of being responded
to because many people on this list don't use fancy mail clients and see
your message as garbage.
Here's pertinent paragraph from the Jakarta Mailing Lists page
(http://jakarta.apache.org/site/mail.html):
"Do your best to ensure that you are not sending HTML or "Stylelized" email
to the list.
If you are using Outlook or Outlook Express or Eudora, chances are that you
are sending HTML email by default. There is usually a setting that will
allow you to send "Plain Text" email."
Regards,
Emir.
