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Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 10:29:25 -0400
From: "Zieg, Mark" <mark DOT zieg AT lmco DOT com>
Subject: RE: re. problem report: gawk 3.1.1
To: "'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Message-id: <7424935D9B6CD311B72800508B108FD20D176775@emss03m08.orl.lmco.com>
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> From: Nicholas Wourms [mailto:nwourms AT yahoo DOT com]
>
> > Also, sending mail to mailing lists in HTML format is generally 
> > considered impolite.
> 
> I completely agree!  It is totally unacceptable to send messages with
> animated crap in it to the list.

Fortunately, receiver-side solutions exist for those who prefer not to
receive such things (man procmail).  I think it's generally preferable to
let people choose what they wish to read, rather than restrict what others
are allowed to write.

#===========================
# convert HTML-only messages
#===========================
:0 fbw
* ^Content-Type: text/html
| /usr/local/bin/lynx --force-html --dump /dev/stdin

:0 fhw
* ^Content-Type: text/html
| formail -i "Content-type: text/plain"


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