Actually my problem with html email isn't the bandwidth, Its that the text is always too darn small to read. I have my fonts set perfectly for me and when someone slips in an html email I ignore it rather strain eyes trying to read it.
On Sun, 2002-10-06 at 19:19, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Sun, 6 Oct 2002, Blair MacDonald wrote: > > > Hi > > > > I shall be brief because I dont want to be insensitive to your bandwidth > > issues. As a result of a 4 KB message posted in html and my 5 KB reply > > asking why he should not post in html there was a grand total of about > > 77 KB of complaints whos main issue is seems to be bandwidth > > conservation. Thats 19.25 times the size of the initial message in html. > > Does anyone see the humor here . > > no. > > and, more to the point, this issue is not going away any time soon. > as more users come to linux, many of them will be joining the red hat > mailing lists and bringing their bad habits with them, including the > monstrosity that is HTML e-mail. > > in my opinion, anyone who posts to one of these lists in HTML should > be notified -- immediately and in no uncertain terms -- that that's > an unacceptable practice. > > this doesn't need to take up any major mailing list bandwidth. perhaps, > instead, emailing the culprit personally with a URL reference to an > article on netiquette would suffice. > > personally, i'd love to see red hat itself take a position on this, > and simply reject any postings that are clearly HTML-based, with an > automatic reply to the sender as to why. what was it kennedy said? > something about the price being "eternal vigilance", wasn't it? > it's kind of like copyright. if you don't protect it *continuously*, > you lose it. and i think the red hat mailing lists should be protected > as text-only forums, with attachments if you really need them. > > rday > > p.s. please don't respond to this note with any defenses of HTML > e-mail. it's bad, and you're wrong. deal with it. > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- -<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> Red Hat Inc. <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>- Steven G. Taylor, RHCE Global Support Services Senior Technical Engineer 1801 Varsity Drive "Escalation Overlord" Raleigh, NC 27606 -<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-< 919-754-3700 >-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
