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

[Adam Nave <nave () MACALESTER EDU>]

There are 3 different digest options on the list subscription page, and two
different "index" style options. Perhaps one of those will work better with
your mail client.

http://listserv.educause.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?SUBED1=SECURITY&A=1

Maybe the list maintainer could identify themselves so that this discussion
could continue off the list? I couldn't find that info on the website.

--Adam

On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Patrick P Murphy <pmurphy () nrao edu> wrote:

> 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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Adam Nave, CISSP
Academic Technologist
Macalester College