> On Wed, 14 Oct 2003, Bret Hughes wrote: > > >> The redhat list has an auto-responder that, when it detects a poster > >> sending an html message, sends a reply to the poster with a link that > >> explains why html posting isn't a good idea and even has tips on how to > >> shut it off for popular browsers. > >> > >> Is there any way that this could be incorporated into the fedora list? > >> > >> Ben > > > >IIRC that is done by one of the list subscribers and not RH. I can't > >find the thread where this was cussed and discussed though. > > Yes, one of the list subscribers took it upon himself to set up > an annoying autoresponder which spammed anyone with anti-HTML > religious tribe if they sent HTML to the list. I was the > recipient of one such email, and I assure you I never post in > HTML, as I use pine for email. > > HTML email is generally quite annoying, and pretty much everyone > on mailing lists prefers it if people disable HTML when posting > as it is just good netiquette. Some other people handle it by > just filtering HTML mail to /dev/null or ignoring it. > > If you get any autoresponders like that in response to your > postings to any Red Hat list however, please report it to the > list administrator (rather than dirtying the list). > > Autoresponders that respond to list postings are considered very > taboo. Actually, I rather appreciated the auto-response, as it gave me the tools I needed to stop sending/replying in html. :) Ben
