On 19 Mar 2020, at 00:16, Philip Paeps <phi...@trouble.is> wrote: > On 2020-03-18 09:51:45 (+0800), Wesley Peng wrote: >> Following this guide: >> https://useplaintext.email/ >> >> Shall we use plaintext message in regular email communication? > > You should use what the content of the message needs modulo your recipients' > wishes. > > I personally prefer to receive plain text but I don't mind receiving > conservatively marked up HTML email (e.g. emphasis, hyperlinks, tables, ... > even embedded images if the message requires them). Others may (will) have > other preferences.
The problem with the position is that many people feel their messages RECQUIRE their colorful signature, large corporate logo, and 14 line of meaningless “This message is private communication… blah blah” (I use to post those emails to sites like pastern and send the person the link, but now I just delete them unread) > In my experience, plain text suffices for the vast majority of mailing list > discussions. And in the very few cases where an image is required it is better to link to the image. Once you allow any image or HTML it becomes impossible to limit it to only the necessary formatting. > Trying to force people to limit themselves to plain text is not a productive > use of anyone's time. That’s why the best solution is for the mailing list to simply strip all attachments and also reject messages that do not have text/plain parts. This takes no time and no one needs to waste time or be bothered about it and there’s also no one to complain to since it’s all automated. The people who really can’t deal without having their pink text handwriting font on a lime green background with an animated gif attached will either adapt or go away. script execution error (#127): sh: line 7:
