On Monday 06 December 2004 22:37, Thomas Cameron wrote: [...] >I am so freaking sick of this BULLSHIT about posting HTML and top >posting. It would amuse me if it didn't downright disgust me that > the ones who scream the loudest about this crap are the ones who in > the next message will bust on some poor newbie for not using the > latest version of package X. Guess what - if your MUA doesn't > handle HTML, then SWITCH FREAKING MUAs!!!! It is the 21st century, > for Chrissakes! If you *CHOOSE* to use an MUA that doesn't handle > HTML, I don't wanna hear you bitch about it! It's YOUR choice, > freaking live with it. No, its not ok, and I won't live with it. I routinely delete unread, and undisplayed, html only mails here. HTML is a friggin security risk and I'll be damned if I'll turn it on by default just to suit some knowitall running the latest release of Evolution-2.0.2. If you wanna be a windows user so bad, go use it! [...] > The WHOLE list for the month of November was a whopping > 14 megs. Yeah, and 4 megs of it or more are this friggin thread, which could die AFAIAC with no remorse. HTML is a waste of bandwidth for those on a dialup and I refuse to contribute to that abuse. And yes, that IS the right word. [...] >So what is your excuse then for being such a jerk? Tit for tat, eh? Makes a real good impression on all concerned. >If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. > >Thomas Very, very good advice, you should take it yourself. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.30% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2004 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
