From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from fox-host189.dsl.visi.com ([208.42.144.189] helo=fox.sector14.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16WHO6-0002fE-00 for ; Thu, 31 Jan 2002 08:36:26 -0500 Received: from greatmachine ([199.17.219.218]) by fox.sector14.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id g0V0HKX90775 for ; Wed, 30 Jan 2002 18:17:20 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from capeterson@visi.com) Message-ID: <000501c1a9ec$79726280$6801030a@greatmachine> From: "Chris Peterson" To: References: <000b01c1a99c$f64cb8a0$0200a8c0@wall1.pa.home.com><20020130160528.D459@uic.edu><003701c1a9db$981b6a30$6801030a@greatmachine> Subject: Re: Unloading Linux Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 18:16:04 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Sounds like just about any list I've run... So about this HTML e-mail thing... Has anyone thought of figuring out how to preprocess HTML mail so it looks fine in pine? I wonder if it could be as simple as piping procmail through lynx or something. Perhaps I'll have to work on that in my copious spare time... Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kirk Reiser" To: Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 4:31 PM Subject: Re: Unloading Linux > Yes, there are two things about our readers you need to know, one they > don't know how to read to the end of a thread to see if it has been > answered or they just like to see themselves in print. Two, they can't > resist pulling in previous postings with 7,000 lines just so they can > say "yeah, me too!". Oh, and there's a third thing, they don't know > how to turn off html and just use plain text in their mail messages. > It is quite frustrating to read an answer posted by 15 people with the > same result. I like to tell myself they just haven't learned yet; but > some folks have been doing the exact same behaviour for two years. Oh > well, maybe they're slow learners. > > Kirk > > -- > > Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility > e-mail: kirk@braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario > phone: (519) 661-3061 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >