On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 8:13 PM, Anand Chitipothu <anandol...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 2:23 PM, Noufal Ibrahim KV <nou...@nibrahim.net.in> > wrote: > >> On Mon, Aug 04 2014, Jeffrey Jose wrote: >> >> > I agree with almost all of it, except for these 2. >> > >> > 1. No HTML emails >> >> I don't like HTML emails because usual textual matter doesn't need >> it. It simply bloats things and if the renderer your client is using >> doesn't have some feature that the sender uses, it'll appear broken. >> > > I agree. We don't need HTML emails. > Interesting point. Although along the expected lines. > > > 2. No attachments. >> >> This makes sense for a list because, as I understand it, the list server >> has to send a copy of the attachment to everyone on the list. It's an >> avoidable expense. A lot simpler to send a link to something on dropbox >> or somewhere. >> > > Not only that, it is a pain to download something and open it in some > application just to know what is inside. It is a lot better to send a link > instead of sending attachments. > > I hate just as much as you to touch the mouse when I'm working, but that said I wonder in the rapidly changing new world of development (read: github) how much of these "we're used to this way, so lets continue that" will survive. email etiquette are about respect. Respect to the person receiving your email. I get it. That said, I do think the whole mailing list culture will go away in the future. I dont know what it is, but maybe someone reading this will create a better (and more relevant) alternative. > Anand > _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
