[pmmail-list] html

[Richard Grevers]

On Mon, 12 Aug 2002 14:50:41 -0500 (CDT), John Thompson wrote:

>On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, Paul D.J. de Vos wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 10 Aug 2002 09:01:19 -0400, jimmym@blueprintsoftwareworks.com wrote:
>>
>> | >How about sending your html code as an attachment?
>> |
>> | That's a workaround.  It's not an answer.  PMMail is just doing The Wrong
>> | Thing.  I should be able to make a casual mention of {html} tags without
>> having
>> | to worry about protecting them.
>
>> It's not even a workaround, because most mailing lists (digests) strip the
>> attachments.
>
>Why would you send html-format messages to a mailing list?  People who
>receive mailing list digests generally do so to restrict bandwidth usage,
>so avoiding superfluous bloat like html messages is still a Good Thing.
>
No one does send HTML format to any of the mailing lists I'm on. (I think 
yahoogroups strips HTML formatting at the server). However, two of the groups
are totally dependent on being able to view HTML source unformatted (text/plain) 
as content.

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