Consensus opinion required - was 'more worms'

['Georgina']

Hi

Sorry, I cannot see it as censorship.  All the process would be doing is
stripping out the html tags.  I don't know if it is across the board,
but the Northants Linux User Group do this.  It saves band width and is
mainly considered as sensible management of the transfer of e-mail
information.  There's an implication that GNU/Linux users are enjoying
the vulnerability of Windows users being infected with a virus but I can
assure anyone it is not a laughing matter.  Because such matters are
likely to be an issue for GNU/Linux users in the future.  Then it will
be the Window's users who will be laughing.

Its easier for the recipient too.  If they wish to employ some kind of
manipulation so that they can read it, like enlarge it or change the
colour contrast etc, if they receive
posts in a standard format they haven't got to alter magnification
levels from message to message.

Sorry I must disagree I see it not as censorship but a social
responsibility to give each other a level playing field.

Gena



Blindness Advocacy and Self Help Online www.bashonline.org

>All you are doing is introducing censorship!=20
>
>If you are a windows user for reading your mail, and don't want your =
>computer attacked with every virus that happens down the wire, then get =
>an anti virus program and run it on your computer.=20
>
>If you don't like HTML in in your messages, do like some members of the =
>list do, and right a process to strip it off. In fact, if you ask the =
>right people, they may even share what they have already developed for =
>this process. (No, I am not the one using a stripping process.)
>
>There are reasons for people to have their format set the way in which =
>they do, and I don't think that a list should be censoring the =
>formatting of a message.
>
>In my case, the corporate standard is to have the email client respond =
>to a message in the same format that it was sent in. They would also =
>prefer use of html so that any url's sent in a message are easily =
>accessed, and active.
>
>So, if you choose to implement such a form of censorship, then I guess =
>that I will be dropped from the list automatically. Yes some of you will =
>say no loss, but then I guess I would no longer be able to help those =
>where and when I can. To those people, I will say sorry in advance, list =
>censorship prevents me from assisting you.
>
>Come on, folks, take some responsibility for your own set ups, and stop =
>trying to pass off the responsibility on to some else. There is too much =
>of NIMBY in the world today to have it show up here on the list.=20
>(NIMBY, Not In My BackYard!)
>
>Frankly, I am tired of hearing about the email formatting woes, and that =
>is all this thread is about, when you dig down to the bottom of the =
>problem.=20
>A wolf in sheep's clothing is still a wolf!
>
>"But that's just my opinion, I could be wrong!" (Dennis Miller)
>
>Steve Dawes
>PH:  (403) 268-5527.=20
>Mailto:  sdawes at gov.calgary.ab.ca=20
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Igor Gueths [mailto:igueths at attbi.com]
>> Sent: 2002 May 14 2:10 PM
>> To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
>> Subject: Re: Consensus opinion required - was 'more worms'
>>=20
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>> Hi. I think that this method is both better and more=20
>> standard. I wouldn't mind if messages were restricted to=20
>> text. I don't transmit in html anyway.=20
>> ----- Original Message -----=20
>> From: 'Georgina' <y>
>> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 2:48 PM
>> Subject: Consensus opinion required - was 'more worms'
>>=20
>>=20
>> > Hi All
>> >=20
>> > Because of the use of html messages being used to transmit Windows
>> > viruses, I wondered if folks would agree to having list messages
>> > restricted to plain text only?
>> >=20
>> > The list owner will act upon whatever the consensus is.
>> >=20
>> > Gena
>> >=20
>> > Have your say:
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>> >=20
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