Emily Cartier wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Nov 1999 17:57:41 -0600
> "Conrad Golightly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > real world. Also, please do not forget that this is a Linux list. If this
> > were a Windows NT/98/95 list, HTML email might very well be acceptable.
>
> Actually... Most mailing list s
Okay I've had it. This last email is blinking all over my console.
I'm outta here.
On Wed, Dec 01, 1999 at 02:12:24AM -0500, Steve Kudlak wrote:
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> Emily Cartier wrote:
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> > On Mon, 29 Nov 1999 17:57:41 -0600
> > "Conrad Golightly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > real world. Also, plea
On Mon, 29 Nov 1999 17:57:41 -0600
"Conrad Golightly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> real world. Also, please do not forget that this is a Linux list. If this
> were a Windows NT/98/95 list, HTML email might very well be acceptable.
Actually... Most mailing list servers I know of barf when handed
> > But since this is techtalk, and since we seem to be discussing
> > etiquette, is there any real reason why Reply-To is set to the
> > list? There's an article detailing reasons why it can be a bad
> > idea at http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html
>
> I have read the article at that
On Mon, 29 Nov 1999 21:37:33 -0500, Caitlyn M. Martin wrote:
>Please, folks... plain text, OK? Every mail client can read and generate it, and
>nobody has to truggle that way.
Standards? We don't need no steenking standards!
Hey, they wrote RFC822 for a *reason*
-Ian
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> Plain text isn't pretty, but everyone can read it and you know that your
For what it's worth, I think plain text often looks better than HTML. And
"ascii-art" can make presentation of non simple data (tables, diagrams,
etc.) easy. Certainly easier than including huge graphic files in a HTML
for
> Perhaps a semi-monthly posting would even be appropriate (?).
You could also include the FAQ in the registration email sent to people as
they join the list ? And maybe just post a quick pointer to it's locations
on the list every time it is updated.
Yours,
Ian.
#ifndef __COMMON_SENSE__ | Ian
