Re: [CentOS] Slightly OT : newsletters, mail formatting and netiquette

2018-02-06 Thread hw
Nicolas Kovacs wrote: Hi, This question is not exactly CentOS-related strictly speaking, but here goes. I'm running a few newsletter servers for myself and a handful of clients on public CentOS servers with PHPList. For the last twenty years or so I've followed the basic rule that mails should

Re: [CentOS] Slightly OT : newsletters, mail formatting and netiquette

2018-02-02 Thread Nicolas Kovacs
Le 02/02/2018 à 16:03, Mikhail Utin a écrit : > The same story is in OS desktop GUI including Linux. I use CentOS 6 > and 7 and still do not like 7. Not to mention in the morning Win 10 > with all its crap included. On a side note, I've written a complete post-install script for CentOS 7 and an Xf

Re: [CentOS] Slightly OT : newsletters, mail formatting and netiquette

2018-02-02 Thread Mikhail Utin
I would prefer simple text in tech and security related news but you are right - they are HTML formatted. I think it is pure marketing thing. people dump other stuff to remind you who they are and for a sort of entertaining us. The same story is in OS desktop GUI including Linux. I use CentOS 6

Re: [CentOS] Slightly OT : newsletters, mail formatting and netiquette

2018-02-02 Thread m . roth
Cameron Smith wrote: > Look into mutipart and offer both html and plain text in the same email. > This allows the client to view it as they see fit. > > If you do send html it has a much more restrictive implementation than > html > and css for a webpage so study up on what you can and can't do. >

Re: [CentOS] Slightly OT : newsletters, mail formatting and netiquette

2018-02-02 Thread Cameron Smith
Look into mutipart and offer both html and plain text in the same email. This allows the client to view it as they see fit. If you do send html it has a much more restrictive implementation than html and css for a webpage so study up on what you can and can't do. Mailchimp has some great info abou

Re: [CentOS] Slightly OT : newsletters, mail formatting and netiquette

2018-02-02 Thread Nux!
Not only is it acceptable, but it has become the norm unfortunately. If you do switch to HTML format, bare in mind it may have consequences on how other servers label you (or not) as SPAM, so do a few thorough test rounds. -- Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! Nux! www.nux.ro