Hello, thank you for your answers - special thanks to David for the detailed considerations!
Will Yardley wrote on 20.01.14: > On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 03:29:14PM -0600, David Champion wrote: > > * On 20 Jan 2014, Jan-Herbert Damm wrote: > > > i would like to send an automatic answer to html-mails sent to me > > > (because i'm tired of writing back that i prefer plain-text). > > > I don't like HTML mail either (for most constructions of "HTML mail"). > > However, as tired as you are of sending it, I'm sure others are tired > > of receiving it. So don't send it. It wasn't obvious to me that I seem to be motivated by a "sense of mission" (if that's a good translation of the german "sendungsbewusstsein") trying to prove that I am right. > > > configure some kind of text based browser to convert the rest (w3m or > whatever), and get on with your life. HTML email is, these days, a battle > that's already been lost. Sounds like a wise (slightly buddhist) approach... I do use w3m which works fine. But it made me angry that people force me to do extra keystrokes. aloha'e jan
