Consensus opinion required - was 'more worms'

[Erik Heil]

Well, this is true, but it seems like a lot of people don't take
responsibility to ensure that their messages are in plain text.  The
scripting idea would only possibly be used as a last resort.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Raul A. Gallegos" <raul at asmodean.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: Consensus opinion required - was 'more worms'


> Why should it be up to the listowner to do this.  Why can't people
> just be responsible?
>
> Is every one too lazy to change their client to plain text?
>
> Erik Heil
> said the following on Tue, May 14, 2002 at 04:01:42PM -0400:
> > I totally agree.  I vote for plain text instead of HTML.  If this
becomes a
> > problem in the future, it wouldn't be hard at all to implement a perl
script
> > that stripts all HTML tags from incoming messages.  Such a script would
> > obviously be implemented through Mailman.
> > Erik heil eheil at rcn.com
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ann Parsons" <akp at eznet.net>
> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 3:52 PM
> > Subject: Consensus opinion required - was 'more worms'
> >
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > Count me on Gena's side.  Email is text and should never be confused
> > > with the web.  The web is not a synonym for The Internet, much as some
> > > people would like to have you believe.
> > >
> > > I vote for text only.  If you're a windows user, become an expert and
> > > send in plain text, please!
> > >
> > > Ann P.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Ann K. Parsons
> > > email:  akp at eznet.net ICQ Number:  33006854
> > > WEB SITE:  http://home.eznet.net/~akp
> > > "All that is gold does not glitter.  Not all those who wander are
lost."
> > JRRT
> > >
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