I fully agree. At least three friends have gotten this message the hard way, after being blitzkrieged by malware that came in html mail. They're converts...
But we can't demand it--only suggest it. *sigh* --STeve Andre' On Monday 08 March 2010 22:34:13 Rob Bell wrote: > Good e-mail list etiquette has always been to send plain text versus > HTML. That is especially true with the various and sundry security > risks that propagate via web-based resources such as those that can be > inadvertently distributed via HTML e-mails. Is it up to the sender to > ensure security for the recipient or to make them happy? No. But it is > good etiquette to avoid HTML. Mike - if you choose not to that is your > choice, as is the choice of others to delete HTML e-mails without > reading them. To each their own. But I see nothing wrong with the FAQ > encouraging list members to not send HTML and helping them figure out > how to do it. It's kind of like asking that PEOPLE DON'T SHOUT WITH > CAPITAL LETTERS. If you CHOOSE TO SHOUT you certainly can, and if you > irritate enough people with it they will eventually disregard you or > blacklist your address. > > Frankly, I think the current list software may strip out most HTML > anyway, because I can't recall receiving any fully HTML-based e-mails > for a long, long time. But I still think the FAQ can tell people how to > disable HTML. After all, it is just a Q&A tool, not a commandment. > > Rob > > Michael Geary wrote: > > Guys, nobody cares what email client you use. If you prefer a text based > > email client, for security or any other reason, that's entirely your > > choice. > > > > Where the FAQ errs is in asking people to disable outgoing HTML email. > > I've been on this list almost 12 years, and I won't comply with that > > request. Why should the FAQ ask anyone else to? > > > > Nobody is going to make a global change in their email settings, > > disabling a feature that I and many other people find very useful, just > > because some email list they've subscribed to asks them to turn it off. > > > > Now, there certainly could be a *useful* FAQ entry about HTML email, but > > what it says would depend on how the email list software actually handles > > HTML email. I haven't really tested it myself. Does it pass through HTML > > formatting like *italics* and *bold* and > > links<http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad>, > > or does it only forward the text version? > > > > -Mike _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
