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

[Rodney Petersen <rpetersen () EDUCAUSE EDU>]

I am following this discussion and have been in communication with our
listserv administrator so I am happy to take further suggestions offline
(i.e., through personal communication rather than continuing to debate
this topic on the list).  I will also review with some of the
stakeholders for this list and will provide a thorough response in a few
days.
 
Thanks,
 
-Rodney

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From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv
[mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Adam Nave
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 2:40 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Please change the parameters of this listserv to
reject HTML parts


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/
        
        --
         Patrick P. Murphy, Ph.D.   Webmaster (East), Computing Security
Manager
         http://www.nrao.edu/~pmurphy/ <http://www.nrao.edu/%7Epmurphy/>
http://chien-noir.com/maze.shtml
         "Inventions then cannot, in nature, be a subject of property."
                                           -- Thomas Jefferson, August
13, 1813
        




-- 
Adam Nave, CISSP
Academic Technologist
Macalester College