Quoting Jason Bainbridge <jbainbridge@xxxxxxxxx>:
On 7/10/05, Amit Gupta <wp@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
OFF-TOPIC:
thanks for that Martin, I know how to send emails as plain-text but don't
want to use it that way!!!! I prefer HTML email for many reasons. :)
Actually it is usual mailing list etiquette to not use HTML emails and
a lot of lists disallow it and insist on plain text, I'm not sure
about wp-hackers though.
I actually agree with Martin who pointed this out quite subtly. many
people will
be inconvenienced by an HTML-formatted message. If you did this in
UseNet, your
message would probably get devoured or ignored, much like messages from Google
Groups (hit-and-run posters who do so because they "prefer it for many
reasons"; when happy with the answers, not even a thank-you).
I was going to follow-up to Amit's message, but the HTML caused
inconsistencies
that had me give up. So, the bottom line is that instead of personal
preferences, the preferences of the _community_ need to be honoured. Nobody
PGP's messages to this list, right?
Roy
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Roy S. Schestowitz
http://Schestowitz.com
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