[sdiy] Mail formats

[Pete Hartman]

I entirely agree with John here.

On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 12:13 PM, john slee <indigoid at oldcorollas.org>
wrote:

> As long as I can still post from the Gmail mobile app & Gmail web UI
> without going to stupid lengths that I don’t need for _any other mailing
> list, even the most greybeard-y lists_, I’m happy
>
> Turning it into some elitist “you can only use a mail client created prior
> to 1995 because harrumph” group is ridiculously anti-user and unnecessary.
> Is that your goal, plaintext email  fanpeople?
>
> FWIW almost all of my interactions with this list are on my iPhone in the
> Gmail app, killing time on public transport or similar.
>
> CERT NZ — an org solely focused on information security/digital privacy
> topics — did some user research recently and found that users generally
> trust plaintext emails notably less than rich text emails. If I can get a
> writeup of it I’ll share... as a web link, not an attachment :p
>
> John
>
>
>
> On Tue, 22 May 2018 at 15:55, Tom Wiltshire <tom at electricdruid.net> wrote:
>
>> Another +1 for plaintext only from me. The list is fine just text.
>> Occasionally it’d be nice to be able to send an image directly rather than
>> having to faff about uploading it and link to it, but it’s not worth all
>> the other stuff that goes with it.
>>
>> > On 22 May 2018, at 12:29, Scott Gravenhorst <music.maker at gte.net>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > I agree with Neil, several posts have arrived that are so horribly
>> jumbled they
>> > aren't readable so I just delete them.  This forum has always been text
>> based and
>> > by far, the vast majority of information is simple text.  HTML doesn't
>> enhance
>> > content, only the way it "looks" in some insignificant way.  There are
>> rarely ever
>> > embedded binaries and even if there were, we have access to free
>> posting web sites
>> > if we don't have a site of our own - so any binary stuff can be put on
>> a web page
>> > and a URL posted in the text email.  I really don't understand why HTML
>> is
>> > necessary at all.
>> >
>> >
>> > Neil Johnson <neil.johnson71 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> Hi all,
>> >>
>> >> Can we please go back to the plaintext emails?  The current formating
>> >> is just terrible with indents and footnotes and all that visual
>> >> clutter.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Neil
>> >> --
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