Not everyone uses mail clients that support HTML. Also, sending HTML to a list is somewhat pointless, because Mailing List readers don't tend to care how fancy an email is, it's about the content. On Apr 5, 2005 10:20 AM, Bnonn <bnonn(a)orcon.net.nz> wrote:
I'm happy to alter my mailer to observe the netiquette you speak of. I'm afraid I wasn't aware of it. What is the reason behind it, may I ask?
Greig McGill wrote:
Daniel Lawson wrote:
As humourous as this thread is, HTML mails generally are discouraged to mailing lists, as a form of netiquette. If you send both HTML and plain text, then at least a sensible reader will only show plain text in appropriate circumstances, however it's still not preferred. If you can't make your mailer send both html and plaintext, then I'd go with the grandparent's advice of "Fix your mailer"
I'd also like to suggest that a good way to solve this problem might be a polite off-list reply to the "offender", asking them to fix their mailer. A terse public complaint, while it may make you feel all superior, does nothing but get peoples backs up. Yes, I've been guilty of this in the past, but I'm trying! (Very trying...)
G.
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