Some problems contributing to this is that Egroups/YahooGroups interface interprets HTML mail for the user. So those who are aware of HTML vs. text issues may be unaware that they are sending to the list in HTML if they read via egroups and then mail to the list. (648 people) They never see a restriction until they get a reply from someone on the list. The NIP search engine doesn't handle it the same way, so you see the attachment, as do those who subscribe directly. And... users of Microsoft Exchange Server, Outlook etc.. based email systems may not be able to control the settings if the server is set to override it or may be unaware that MS does not default to plain text. Some incarnations require that the user manually change the setting to plain text EVERY time they send a message.
-----Original Message----- From: Jeff Peterson [mailto:jpeterso@the-bridge.net] Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 2:36 PM To: Zope@Zope. Org Subject: RE: [Zope] HTML e-mail and irony
That is the real issue here, those who know better. For the most part, and this is a guess, most who send html emails are newbies. I will go further and say that this is likely not just to Zope. Zope is FREE and in it's most minimal uses, very SIMPLE to manage for anyone. What attracts newbies? SIMPLE and FREE...
What I am saying is I am of the school of gently pointing "violators" to somewhere or something useful in changing the behavior. Telling them to stop may work for some, others may not know how to turn it off and are embarrassed to ask and they need to be shown, by a tutorial or someone taking the time to explain it. In any case, our attitude should be that of ambassadors of list etiquette, because we want the list to grow and we want new users of Zope.
-- Jeffrey D. Peterson Webmaster/Web & Web Applications Engineer Range TV Cable & Broadband 1818 E. 3rd Ave. Hibbing, MN 55746 jpeterso@rangebroadband.com
-----Original Message----- From: zope-admin@zope.org [mailto:zope-admin@zope.org]On Behalf Of Peter Sabaini Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 2:00 PM To: Jim Penny Cc: zope@zope.org Subject: Re: [Zope] HTML e-mail and irony
Well Web developers should know best when not to use HTML ;)
On Wed, 16 May 2001, Jim Penny wrote:
Is it not a bit ironic that a mailing list about a web development system has such a strong policy against HTML e-mail.
(Not that I disagree, html email is, whether one is concerned about legibility, bandwidth, security, or privacy, an unadulterated evil. But still, there is a tinge of irony).
Jim Penny
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