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Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 08:01:22 -0700 (PDT)
From: Nicholas Wourms <nwourms AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject: RE: re. problem report: gawk 3.1.1
To: "Zieg, Mark" <mark DOT zieg AT lmco DOT com>,
   "'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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--- "Zieg, Mark" <mark DOT zieg AT lmco DOT com> wrote:
> > 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"
> 

Well that's great if you can *use* procmail, but as you can see I use
yahoo mail.  So unless I fork out $29/yr, I have to read my mail
through their web interface.  I think the point needs to be
reiterated that sending HTML/M$MimeOLE encoded mail to a public list
is just downright RUDE.  Not only that, but as the previous poster
stated, it screws up Mozilla.

Cheers,
Nicholas

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