On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 22:29:20 +0800, John Summerfield <debian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Friday 10 December 2004 00:56, A. Rick Anderson wrote: > > > > >>In other words 1%. For the > > >>sake of debate, let's assume that every response from a Red Hat employee > > >>is worth 10 times that of every other responder on the list. > > >> > > > > > >How do you tustify that unscientific assumption? Stats please! > > > > I can't. I was conceding the point simply to move beyond that argument > > as a meaningful point of discussion. If you don't concede the point, > > then the argument that all email should be reduced to the text only mode > > simply to support the 3/5 Red Hat employees who utilize Mutt or text > > Please reread what I've said. I do not want email in HTML. I've given any > number of reasons why _I_ don't want HTML email. > > Some are security-related. Some relate to stealing my bandwidth. It takes time > to download email and I'm processing a batch of 300+ right now, > > The bottom line is _I_ do not want HTML email. I don't care that other email > clients will render it or even that the one I use can. > > A lot of other people have said they don't want HTML email either. > > Quite a few have maintained that HTML email is quite alright, but I've not > noticed that anyone actually thinks it's better than plain text. > > I think you will find that the most experienced of the people on this list are > counted amongst those who protest that they don't like HTML email. > > If you want help, best comply with their preferences. I'm not alone in not > helping people who do post in HTML, but I'm probably the only person who > tells them why. > > Probably, mutt can in fact render HTML - pine can, but that does not go to > make HTML a good idea. > Here is an idea.... create a new thread called "How to block HTML emails".... and quit bitching about it...... -Alex > -- > > Cheers > John Summerfield > tourist pics: http://environmental.disaster.cds.merseine.nu/ > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
