[GRLUG] Newbie running into real headaches

[Michael Mol]

On 4/2/07, Collin <adderd at kkmfg.com> wrote:
> john-thomas richards wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 12:16:38PM -0400, Bob Kline wrote:
> >
> >> Hi -
> >>
> >> Could you send your e-mails to the
> >> group in text format?
> >>
> >
> > Bob,
> >
> > What mail client are you using?  I use mutt which is about as texty (is that a
> > word?) as you can get and his email displays just fine.  Then again, it
> > included an html attachment...
> >
> Yeah, I can't figure out why some people are so anal about HTML emails.
> Get a friggin' html compliant email browser for God's sake. This is 2007
> not 1973.

Image-based trackers, javascript bugs, stupid configuration options.
My resolution at home is 109 dpi, and I use larger-than-average font
sizes.  Idiots who think they know something about CSS make many
websites out there difficult to read.  I've also read emails from
idiots who had their default font size set to 10 pts for HTML email,
again making it difficult to read.

HTML email has its place.  There are two services for which I enable
HTML email.  But technical mailing lists are not one of the places
where it should be used.
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:wq