I sure resonate with this:

> YOu can add to the list that Outlook, among other new software, sets
> html as the DEFAULT, and newbies have NO idea that they're sending this
> out and it's coming out as gobbledygook in other people's mailboxes....
>
> As for attachments, you should see what they do to the digest version of
> any l-soft list ... at least when you get lists individually, you can
> delete the ugly thing.
>
> I use a line limit of 250 and that seems to keep out the worst of the
> attachments, but not the nuisance V-cards.  But it's a constant battle
> teaching newbies how to reset their mail so it will come out in plain
> text.  I really wish that listserv would ADD those instructions to their
> standard welcome message.

But I don't know about adding even more stuff that will go unread by
the only folks who ought to read it . . .

The _problem_ is the people writing that damn software.  Mail
programs that htmlize people's text, or add attachments silently,
ought to be outlawed.

                                        -- Russ
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