I'll keep that in mind when I am sending email to the list from Thunderbird. I'm also aware that many corporations block HTML mail to lower the risk of a staff member opening up an infected/laced email (generally on a Windows computer) so text emails are more advantageous in that regard.
Randy, why aren't you out here making sure everyone's mom is aware of all the thread hijacking going on? -Hal Dale wrote: > Alan McKinnon wrote: >> On Friday 11 January 2008, Dale wrote: >> >>> Qian Qiao wrote: >>> >>>> I'm sorry this goes OT Dale, but unfortunately, my mail client >>>> cannot render html messages properly, and I trust a lot of people >>>> on the list have the same problem. If would be nice if you can post >>>> in plain text, at least in this list. >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>> I have it set to send it text for this domain. Is it not sending in >>> plain text? I have the same settings for other mailing lists as >>> well. >>> >>> Thanks for pointing it out if it is not sending plain text tho. >>> >> >> It's sent multipart, so the pure text can be used alone for users like >> Qian Qiao. That's how I've set up my kmail (I can view it as html if I >> wish) >> >> To be honest, it's not really a big deal for a list like this. The text >> is 492 bytes, the html is 867 bytes and the whole thing is 4.5k >> >> In other words, the text and html *together* are still smaller than the >> headers :-) >> >> > > True, but I do try to "go with the flow" here. I use Seamonkey for my > email. I went to "Edit" and "Preferences" then chose "Send formats". > I place gentoo.org in the text only section. What else can I do to > make sure it sends it correctly? I do prefer to send it text only > since some do use some strange email programs. > > Thanks > > Dale > > :-) :-) :-) -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
