On Thu, 2002-04-11 at 11:16, ben wrote: > On Thursday 11 April 2002 02:39 am, Patrick Kirk wrote: > > Hi all,
I didn't say force people to use filters. I said that if you don't like something, it makes sense to filter it and things like ms-tnef are particularly easy to filter. > formatting in mail messages. the solution is simple--use plain text. > > so far, we've got three simple rules that appear to be generally approved-- > > 1. no spam > > 2. text-only (no html, ms-tnef, etc.) Does that exculde the hotmail yahoo whatever browser-based mailer people? Personally I don't mind html mail. I score against it in spam filtering but I see a lot of it from perfectly reasonable people. ms-tnef is not a mail format. I think its an autoresponse...I don't know if people choose to send it. > > 3. wrap text Agreed. A tip on how to do this would probably be useful as its not easy to set up if you don't know how. > > --none of which require that anyone radically modify the essential structure > of their own setup. let's stick with simple solutions. The simple solution is do nothing. The list is fine. The rules you suggest are the basis of all email, not something specific to Debian. -- Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
