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. > I filter html to the bit bucket. I am not interested in what people who ignore list netiquette have to say. A community is just that, a community. It has rules and normal standards that are followed by members who choose to stay. > 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. > Easy on the eyes, _but_ 1) hard on bandwidth (an HTML mail may easily send 35KB of data for a 2KB message) Add that difference up with the tens of thousands who receive the list email and it is a very significant bandwidth hog. 2) hard to read in text only readers (html tags hide the embedded text) 3) easy for spammers to use and confirm valid email addresses (people who set their mail client to auto load images will never see the confirmation as a single pixel image is loaded, but the host the image is loaded from definitely knows you received and viewed the mail) 4) easy for attackers to use to distribute virus/trojan/backdoor payloads on systems that are vulnerable (Winblows for example) All these are good reasons (with many others as well) for *not* using HTML mail on a mailing list. If you want to use HTML mail, please do so, just not on this list. > 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. > You have the option to post in ways contrary to what this community prefers. I dump all html email in the bit bucket without even looking at it, and I believe there are others that do the same.
