So much Windows Mailer crap on this list...

[Raul A. Gallegos]

Right on Amanda.  In today's world it's a sad fact that a lot of people
use html messages.  I remember last year when we were starting a mass
email project to our subscribers the marketing team wanted to post out
an html message with pictures and sounds.  From the admin point of view
we didn't like it because of the bandwidth and because not all of our
subscribers use windows to read their email.  Instead we proposed to
send out the email in plain text with a link to a website that has the
same things with the colors and sounds.  It took a lot to convince
marketing for this but it was done in the end.  I still get a lot of
email from windows users and in fact at work I have no choice but to use
outlook 2k.  In any case.  The best idea is to configure your own mail
agent so that unwanted headers are weeded out or just choose to not read
html messages.  I've written privately to people if I really wanted to
see what they are writing to re-send in plain text and that is usually
met with positive response.  Like Greg I too use mutt and don't have any
problems reading messages from windows users.

Best regards.

Amanda Lee said the following on Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 02:36:05PM -0500:
> Yeah, I rarely agree with KW.  But when is it that we as a bunch of
> blinkies will stop living in somebody else's World?
> 
> Best I can suggest is to get over it or not subscribe to any mailing
> lists.  I appreciate it when people don't use html in messages but by the
> same token, I am not at liberty to dictate to them how they are to post
> mail and from what medium.  I've been using pine for years and I just
> spoze that most of the nuisances are just that and they surely don't
> mess-up my whole damn! day! ha!
> 

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