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 __|~_ Russell A. Hunt __|~_)_ __)_|~_ Aquinas Chair St. Thomas University )_ __)_|_)__ __) PHONE: (506) 452-0424 Fredericton, New Brunswick | )____) | FAX: (506) 450-9615 E3B 5G3 CANADA ___|____|____|____/ [log in to unmask] \ / ~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.StThomasU.ca/hunt/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~