[sf-lug] Lists: plain text only please :-) [ugh: ("An HTML attachment was scrubbed...")]

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Michael Paoli (Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu):

> Folks, please, ... it's generally much better for lists to just send
> plain text - i.e. don't do, e.g., multipart alternative where both plain
> text and HTML are sent - adds little value if any (and likely subtracts
> some) to the list, adds annoying bits to the list, and takes up more
> space on the listservers.  Some/many email clients (e.g. Microsoft
> Outlook) may do so by default - one should almost always turn that
> behavior off and just send plain text when sending to (or Ccing) lists
> (ditto for Usenet).

What he said!

Guides to configuring various e-mail clients:
http://www.expita.com/nomime.html#programs
http://www.birdhouse.org/etc/evilmail.html#thefix

On the quoting front, a nice utility to help MS-Outlook users:
http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/outlook-quotefix/
...and MS-Outlook Express users:
http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/