On Thu, 2006-04-06 at 19:46 -0500, Bill Polhemus wrote: > Gilboa Davara wrote: > > P.S. Please don't post in HTML. Thanks. > > > OFF TOPIC: > > FWIW, I think that in this day and age, complaining about posting in > HTML is patently ridiculous. > > Either set up your list to strip out the HTML--a common technology > that's been around for years now--or just live with it. > > Very, very few people use Pine or Mutt to post to email lists any more. > And I'm not just talking about those who use Outlook Express. I happen > to use Thunderbird, for example. > > I happen to also LIKE HTML email. It is quite easy on the eyes, > particularly for someone like me whose eyesite isn't what it used to be. > > This used to be a common complain W-A-Y 'long time ago, when most of the > Internet world was still text-based. To me, the complaint is spurious at > the present time. Sigh.... http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/MailinglistGuidelines I believe that good list citizenship usually entails following the rules even if you don't really agree with all of them, or in this case: no HTML and no top posting please even if you really want top post HTML mails. If you want to change these rules, go right ahead, post a message about it in -devel (?) list and argue your point. Gilboa
