Re: The posting of HTML format messages to this List!!!!

["Jesse W. Asher" <jasher1@tampabay.rr.com>]

And why should people continue to use an older paradigm rather than 
using a newer one?  Are you suggesting that perhaps we should all go 
back to using ASCII editors instead of word processors?

My response to this is instead of asking everyone else to limit 
themselves perhaps you should either upgrade your mail reader to one 
that handles HTML or come to the conclusion that the rest of the world 
would prefer to live in a richer email environment and learn to live 
with it.  HTML in email is here to stay and, I for one, will not go back.

Michael wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am mainly a lurker, I just read posts to keep abreast of iptables 
> /netfilter...
>
> BUT Am getting increasingly irritated by people posting HTML encoded 
> messages to this list. I am sure I am not alone.
>
> Since I have subscribed to the daily "message digest", I get summaries 
> of the traffic. Any HTML encoded messages makes a short message three 
> times as long, with html JUNK all through the digest.
>
> I used to just filter out any email with html tags in it-- anyone that 
> sends me html encoded messgaes is usually either a spammer or someone 
> I don't want to hear from anyway....If I left it filtered then I'd 
> receive 1 out of 5 netfilter message digests....because of the html.
>
> If anyone reads this, can you please just take the very brief moment 
> to TURN OFF html encoding for your messages ?? Please ???
>
> Cheers,
> Michael
>
>
>

-- 
Jesse W. Asher

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