Re: Please change the parameters of this listserv to reject HTML parts

[Patrick P Murphy <pmurphy () NRAO EDU>]

On Mon, 9 Mar 2009 10:53:56 -0700, Kim Cary <Kim.Cary () PEPPERDINE EDU> said:

> I take this list, as all my lists in digest format.

I don't, but I have a mail reader[1] deliberately configured to show
plain text (in cases of multipart/alternative).

> This list is the only list I take that allows non-plaintext message
> parts to be transmitted.

> The result impedes the flow of information (see below).

> No offense meant to anyone using, as we do here, Outlook/Word as your
> mail editor...

> This is a very easy setting for listserv software and would seem to
> have a HUGE benefit to sharing information.

> Won't Educause turn it on?

I second that and I'd argue in favour of a more general text-only
policy, for users of pine, mutt, and other text based readers.  My mail
reader may be old and clunky to some, but it still has features lacking
in Thunderbird, Outlook, etc. :-)

 - Pat

[1] http://www.wonderworks.com/vm/

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