On Wed, 7 Jan 1998, Dromio wrote:

>         Let me see, Progamer: Check, SysAdmin: Check, Old-Time
> Internet Folk: Check, yep you've sure got me pinned down, oh right and
> Pine user: Check...

Yes, that just about does me too.

> No it doesn't matter much what we think, but if
> we start sending nasty letters to people who's mail is formatted
> poorly, it is highly likely that we will get much less of that than we
> are curently getting.

Yes, I have a standard letter (if you would like a copy, just hollar),
that I send to ANYONE that sends mail in HTML.  It basically says, hey,
didn't know if you knew this, but I have deleted your mail, unread like
others, because it is unreadable to some, because it is in HTML.  To fix
this, change your settings to 'plain text' and if you need help doing so,
let me know.  MANY people don't even know why their mail isn't being
answered etc, and are very thankful for letting them know.  You do get the
odd 'what the %$&%#(.  It isn't any of your business how I send mail.  Get
with the 90's, this is the new way of things.  But, I just shrug them off,
because the number of 'converts' outway the 'sticklers'.  I think if more
people did this, we would see less, and less HTML in mail.

> >    I'd rather waste bandwidth than cut down more trees!
>
>         I'm not sure. A lot of resources go into the transporting and
> storage of e-mail, yes it is probably preferable to use e-mail to
> transmit something than to mail it out, but I would have to say that I
> would much rather not waste resources, but use them wisely...
> Regardless of what the resource is...

I would like to 'Ditto' that.  View the electrons around the world as a
non-renewable resource, and protect them. :)

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