[pmmail-list] Re: HTML formatting in PMMail (Netiquette by some)

[Phil Morgan]

PM:=20Since=201)=20I=20didn't=20have=20any=20prior=20reason=20to=20know=20=
anyone=20objected=20to
HTML=202)=20no=20one=20in=2020=20years=20of=20this=20has=20ever=20brought=20=
it=20up=20as=20an=20issue
on=20any=20of=20the=20dozens=20of=20lists=20I=20interact=20effectively=20a=
nd=20helpfully=20on,
and=20=203)=20it's=20a=20PMMail=20list=20and=20the=20default=20setting=20i=
n=20PMMail=20is=20HTML
formatting=20'on',=20I'll=20have=20nothing=20more=20to=20say=20on=20this=20=
subject.=20=20It's
nonsense=20(not=20in=20the=20personal=20sense)=20at=20this=20point=20and=20=
hardly=20helping
to=20advance=20the=20purpose=20of=20improving=20the=20PMMail=20product=20.=
..=20=20Again,=20my
appreciation=20to=20Robert=20at=20Freenet.listen=20for=20staying=20focused=
=20on=20the
issue=20that=20was=20initially=20raised=20and=20being=20so=20helpful.
=20-=20=20-=20Phil

On=20Tue,=2026=20Nov=202002=2014:23:03=20+0000=20(GMT),=20Simon=20Bowring=20=
wrote:

>On=20Mon,=2025=20Nov=202002=2019:46:45=20-0500,=20Phil=20Morgan=20wrote:
>
>>PM:=20=20If=20it=20strips=20it=20of=20the=20tags,=20what's=20the=20probl=
em?
>I=20suggest=20you=20search=20the=20archives=20(any=20archive=20of=20any=20=
technical=20
>mailing=20list=20or=20newsgroup,=20not=20just=20this=20one)!=20Wars=20hav=
e=20been=20
>fought=20about=20far=20lesser=20issues!=20=20I=20also=20do=20not=20want=20=
to=20
>start=20*yet=20another*=20HTML=20email=20mass-debate=20in=20this=20forum!=
!!=20=20;-)
>
>Suffice=20to=20say=20many=20people=20like/want=20html=20emails,=20and=20m=
any=20others=20
>hate/don't-want=20them=20(both=20camps=20have=20their=20own=20"good"=20re=
asons=20of=20
>course,=20and=20often=20members=20of=20either=20camp=20cannotor=20will=20=
not=20see=20the=20
>logic=20of=20the=20"other-side")!
>
>So,=20in=20general,=20all=20other=20things=20being=20equal,=20(like=20if=20=
you're
>communicating=20with=20strangers),=20it=20is=20good=20netiquette=20to=20u=
se=20
>plain-text=B9=20only=20(as=20interational=20standards=20and=20God=20origi=
nally=20
>intended=20-=20and=20not=20the=20mess=20that=20MS=20and=20NS=20corporatio=
ns=20have=20
>forced=20upon=20us,=20as=20part=20of=20their=20commercial=20battle=20to=20=
gain=20a=20
>monopoly=20of=20the=20feckin'=20web-broswer=20market=20FFS=20which=20is=20=
the=20
>primary-reason=20that=20the=20ill-concieved=20and=20ill-specified=20so-ca=
lled=20
>"HTML=20email"=20mess=20exists).=20Damn=20-=20I=20think=20I=20just=20may=20=
have=20given=20
>away=20which=20camp=20I'm=20in?=20Or=20perhaps=20I=20got=20away=20with=20=
it?=20=20;-)
>
>Of=20course,=20this=20is=20especially=20important=20where=20there=20are=20=
a=20mix=20of=20
>users=20on=20different=20platforms,=20operating=20systems,=20mail=20clien=
ts=20(
>and=20their=20capabilities)=20and=20network=20transports=20etc=20etc=20=20=
(Wait
>aminute,=20that's=20generally=20known=20as=20the=20INTERnet)!=20
>=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=
=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20~~~~~=20
>That's=20"inter"=20as=20in=20"INTERoperate,"=20"INTERwork,"=20etc=20;-)
>
>Regards
>
>Simon
>--
>=B9Not=20only=20that,=20best=20practice=20is=20still=20generally=20accept=
ed=20to=20be=20to
>=20use=20plain-text=20with=20hard=20new-lines,=20with=20line-lengths=20of=
=20less=20than
>=2070-something-ish=20columns=20and=20a=20*monospaced*=20font,=20and=20to=
=20quote
>=20sparingly
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