[extropy-chat] META: EMAIL list FAQ & gmail [was Re: reply attributions]

[Robert Bradbury]

Don't (or shouldn't) we have a FAQ someplace that points out the list
protocols and how to work around the various "quirks" in various email
systems, particularly the common ones like Outlook, AOL, Yahoo, etc. that
newbies might be using?  [I've lost track of how many times over the last ~9
years I've seen "How to play nicely on the ExI list" threads.  I suspect it
is dozens, if not hundreds.]

I would expect that as transhumanism slowly seeps into popular consciousness
that the ExI list might pick up more drive-by newbies checking things out.
That in turn would lead to even more "this is what you should do" messages
unless people know up front the sandbox behavior rules.

A more proper suggestion for Anna & others using proprietary systems is to
get them off of those and onto something like Gmail (yes I know its a pain)
or maybe Thunderbird.  There isn't any reason why people have to remain
stuck in swamps when there are open source and/or open-web alternatives that
*are* available under both Linux and Windows (and almost everything else for
that matter).

I would note that suggestions that people use the list in text-only mode may
be outdated at this point.  Very few email readers remain in popular use
that can't process HTML messages.  (HTML to text for mail messages is *not*
that hard unless the message is pseudo-spam).

Robert

P.S.
a) Does anyone know what gmail sends out is HTML or mixed HTML+TEXT? (A
quick look at the settings and a Google doesn't easily yield that
information).  If the messages are normally mixed does it switch to
text-only if you write the message in "Plain text"?

b) Is anyone else noticing a recent increase in SPAM making it through the
gmail SPAM filters (it appears that the SPAMers are gaining ground on the
GMAIL filter team but I'd like to know if that is just a subjective
experience on my part).
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