On Sat, 09 Oct 2004 14:23:59 -0700, Mike Noble <mgnoble@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Charles Swarts wrote: > > On Sat, 09 Oct 2004 12:23:06 -0700, Mike Noble <mgnoble@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > >>>If you look at the monthly mailing list stats (posted not too long > >>>ago), you'll notice quite a few people still use text mode mail > >>>readers. I think mutt is in the top 4. Personally I think it makes my > >>>life easier to just deal with text. I don't care about fonts or > >>>background colors or smileys or graphics. Just give me the facts. > >>> > > > > > > > > The bottom line is that the culture here prefers plain text. If you > > are here asking for help, then you need to do every thing you can to > > fit in and make it more desirable to answer your question. If it > > causes people extra work, then they will skip it and move onto the > > next post in this high volume list. > > > > Charles, > > The quote above was not mine. :-) > > I fully agree with what you say, if I get a message that is a bunch > of html code (I display is plain text), it is not worth it to me > to dig around in html code to see what the person is actually asking. > I know a lot of people who have filters setup to actually trash the > html message without even seeing it. > > > > Mike > -- > Usenix member http://www.usenix.org > Sage member http://www.sage.org > Registered Linux User #362275 http://counter.li.org > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > I apologize for the messed up quote. I got distracted and didn't pay attention to what I was doing. I should have attributed the quote to Jeff Ratliff.
