Re: [IRCA] Email Formatting/Trimming

[Rick Kunath <k9ao@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Russ Edmunds wrote:

> So for e-lists, your default should be plain text.

Amen.

Email list posts should always be sent in plain text. Not HTML, Not Rich 
Text. Plain text. Most decently run lists will strip messages back to 
plain text, or not allow non-plain text messages period.

Any decent email client will reject these non-plain text posts by 
default and not display the formatting unless specifically asked to by 
the user.

Not using plain text is a waste of bandwidth, and will guarantee that 
your email will not necessarily look right at the other end. The reader 
won't necessarily have your specific composing client, likely won't have 
any cute little font you used thinking to make the mail look nice, and 
likely won't display the non-plain text formatting by default.

Any decent email client can be set to automatically compose in plain 
text for certain email addresses, like list addresses.

Obviously Hotmail and Yahoo mail and similar web based email clients 
can't do this, as they wouldn't be able to spam readers with the cute 
little ads. I know some must use these type of web based clients for 
posting, but if at all possible, a properly setup real email client is 
always appreciated by other listees :)

Rick Kunath
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