Bob Schwier on Fri, 4 Oct 2002 12:30:07 -0400


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Re: PLUG - The Happy Fun List! - [Was: Re: [PLUG] KDE 3.0...is slow]


If there is no ascii text file, I just hit delete on the grounds that
almost all of my spam is purely in html.  This is a long term policy based
on virus problems and simple ease of operation.
If I took the energy to set up a filter, I would filter out straight html
mail.  Besides, it takes up space.
bs


On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 09:36:30AM -0400, Paul wrote:
> > Some forms of text formating require HTML.
> 
> Name three.
> 
> I'm willing to wager that they're more properly classified either as
> fontography or as page layout, neither of which is a form of text
> formatting. (Ask anyone who's ever actually laid out type by hand.)
> 
> > Forcing *all* e-mail to send as plain text is too limiting.
> 
> I absolutely disagree.
> 
> -- 
> gabriel rosenkoetter
> gr@eclipsed.net
> 

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