Re: [WSG] Plain text v HTML on this list

2006-02-22 Thread Felix Miata
Terrence Wood wrote Wed, 22 Feb 2006 20:02:32 +1300: On 22 Feb 2006, at 2:50 PM, Lachlan Hunt wrote: Outlook users should ...switch to a better mail client that isn't broken. Outllok can be configured to send plain text can't it? I think an equally big problem with Outhouse is that it

Re: [WSG] Plain text v HTML on this list

2006-02-22 Thread Lachlan Hunt
Terrence Wood wrote: On 22 Feb 2006, at 2:50 PM, Lachlan Hunt wrote: Outlook users should ...switch to a better mail client that isn't broken. Outllok can be configured to send plain text can't it? It can, but there are a variety of serious problems with Outlook that make it an extremely

Re: [WSG] Plain text v HTML on this list

2006-02-22 Thread T. R. Valentine
On 22/02/06, Felix Miata [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All incoming HTML and other multipart gets filtered automatically to my trash, and so I only open what looks safe according to subject lines. Good thing for the subject key [WSG] or many posts from this list would never get opened, unlike WD

Re: [WSG] Plain text v HTML on this list

2006-02-22 Thread Tom Worthington
At 09:46 AM 2/22/2006, Nick Gleitzman wrote: ... could list members please use plain text for posting? ... kinder to those who only have dialup connections ... And those of us on slow supposedly broadband wireless links. ... makes the posts more legible. I, for one, tend to skip over posts

RE: [WSG] Plain text v HTML on this list

2006-02-22 Thread Paul Bennett
'I miss Mozilla mail' Bennett -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Worthington Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 12:23 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Plain text v HTML on this list At 09:46 AM 2/22/2006, Nick Gleitzman

Re: [WSG] Plain text v HTML on this list

2006-02-22 Thread russ - maxdesign
THREAD CLOSED Please do not reply to this thread - it has already been closed Russ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting

[WSG] Plain text v HTML on this list

2006-02-21 Thread Nick Gleitzman
A frequent request, which occasionally needs to be remade: could list members please use plain text for posting? It makes the posts much smaller in file size, which is kinder to those who only have dialup connections (yes, there are still some), but more importantly, makes the posts more

Re: [WSG] Plain text v HTML on this list

2006-02-21 Thread Lachlan Hunt
Nick Gleitzman wrote: A frequent request, which occasionally needs to be remade: could list members please use plain text for posting? Yes, absolutely! The following articles discuss the various issues further. Although they generally relate to USENET, most of the advice applies equally to

Re: [WSG] Plain text v HTML on this list

2006-02-21 Thread Terrence Wood
On 22 Feb 2006, at 2:50 PM, Lachlan Hunt wrote: Outlook users should ...switch to a better mail client that isn't broken. Outllok can be configured to send plain text can't it? I usually don't bother to read the 1mm tall text it sends out (screenshots on request), unless I'm really

Re: [WSG] Plain text v HTML on this list

2006-02-21 Thread Joshua Street
On 2/22/06, Terrence Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 22 Feb 2006, at 2:50 PM, Lachlan Hunt wrote: Outlook users should ...switch to a better mail client that isn't broken. Outllok can be configured to send plain text can't it? I think Lachlan meant that + bottom-quoting?

Re: [WSG] Plain text v HTML on this list

2006-02-21 Thread Rick Faaberg
On 2/21/06 11:10 PM Joshua Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent this out: On 22 Feb 2006, at 2:50 PM, Lachlan Hunt wrote: Outlook users should ...switch to a better mail client that isn't broken. Outllok can be configured to send plain text can't it? I think Lachlan meant that + bottom-quoting?