On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 07:57:33AM -0500, Dave Angel wrote: > On 12/21/2011 06:49 AM, Jamie Paul Griffin wrote: > >Can I just ask why the majority of the mail on this list is in > >multipart/alternative and/or html format. It's driving me nuts trying to > >read this on my console. Is there not a requirement to use plain text as > >with most other technical mailing lists? > > > >I don't mean to moan and I know it's not a major issue but still. > > > > jamie. > >_ > It's a common problem, in that most html formatting messes up the > indenting of an inline program segment. But other than telling each > newcomer that has the latter problem, there's no enforcement, as far > as I know. > > if you're using Thunderbird, you can just tell it to > View->MessageBodyAs->Plain text. I do that for all my email, and it > prevents much spam, makes Phishing more obvious, and probably avoids > some viruses. > > -- > > DaveA
I only use text MUA's. When using mutt is not such a problem but I spend a lot of time on a console using mail(1) and then it is a problem. i'm trying to put together a perl script to filter it all but it's just a little frustrating. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
