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

[Marty Hoag <marty.hoag () NDSU EDU>]

   And has anyone tried the RSS feed to see if that
would work better? I tried it with another EDUCAUSE list
one time and it seemed to work ok but my normal subscription
is single mail rather than digest. The options are listed
at the bottom of the list archives page.

   marty

Adam Nave wrote:
> 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
> <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
> <mailto:pmurphy () nrao edu>> wrote:
>
>     On Mon, 9 Mar 2009 10:53:56 -0700, Kim Cary <Kim.Cary () PEPPERDINE EDU
>     <mailto: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/
>
>     --
>      Patrick P. Murphy, Ph.D.   Webmaster (East), Computing Security Manager
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>                                        -- Thomas Jefferson, August 13, 1813
>
>
>
>
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> Adam Nave, CISSP
> Academic Technologist
> Macalester College