Yes.  Or at least seriously damaged.

> Is it excessive to blame Microsoft for destroying the enjoyment of
> today's mailing lists?

No.

> (I am quite aware that people can and do turn off HTML and avoid
> quoting the whole preceding message. But don't try to kid me: We
> know from experience as listowners that *maybe* one in ten does
> so.)

Absolutely.  Especially because M$ tells people they don't need to
know or do anything to run the stuff, and then blindsides them by
giving them stuff that makes their mail unreadable.

I think the problem is that at M$ there's no history, and no need to
know about it.  They don't know, or care, that conventions and
protocols for exchanging text already existed before they started
developing their bloatware, and they have no reason to know, or
care, because everybody buys their stuff anyway.

(They're also destroyed file name conventions, but don't get me
started on that . . .).

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