[extropy-chat] META: HTML posts

[Lee Corbin]

MB writes

> I changed ISP when it became clear that my old one no longer offered plain text as
> an email option. My email lists and contacts were too important to inflict html with
> vari-colored quote bars instead of ">" on them.

Thanks for the effort, MB!  It's appreciated.

I've figured that some people don't have an option, or just
haven't figured out how to set their mailers to SEND in
HTML.

If they can't figure it out, they might just ask the list for help.
Also, I hope that others will join me in making a quick off-line
"suggestion to switch" to those who continue to post in HTML.

> I hope my stuff comes out ok now. I don't get to see it as others do! :)))

Thanks also for checking with us.  It looks fine to me!

Lee

> > It is both general policy and good manners to NOT post HTML  
> > email on this (or any other) mailing list.    Personally, HTML email  
> > gets shunted to /dev/null for the most part, and I am using a client  
> > that renders it just fine.  Ignoring arguments of utility, the  
> > majority of people who send HTML email send badly thought out  
> > formatting hash that makes their email nigh unreadable, so the real  
> > world practice is even worse than the theory.
> >
> > Every couple years for as long as HTML has been supported in an email  
> > client, some individuals on this list have to be reminded that  
> > plaintext is the formatting standard for the list.  If the HTML  
> > formatting is very clean and tasteful it usually does not bother me  
> > enough to say anything, but lately there has been some pretty ugly  
> > HTML hash being posted to the list.  Adhering to the plaintext  
> > standards is strongly encouraged for those who want their email to be  
> > read.
> > 
> > J. Andrew Rogers