From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pacific-carrier-annex.mit.edu ([18.7.21.83]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 177ycL-0001eg-00 for ; Wed, 15 May 2002 09:14:57 -0400 Received: from grand-central-station.mit.edu (GRAND-CENTRAL-STATION.MIT.EDU [18.7.21.82]) by pacific-carrier-annex.mit.edu (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id JAA21190 for ; Wed, 15 May 2002 09:14:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from melbourne-city-street.mit.edu (MELBOURNE-CITY-STREET.MIT.EDU [18.7.21.86]) by grand-central-station.mit.edu (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id JAA26980 for ; Wed, 15 May 2002 09:14:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: from rich (146-115-123-205.c3-0.smr-ubr1.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com [146.115.123.205]) by melbourne-city-street.mit.edu (8.9.2/8.9.2) with SMTP id JAA22429 for ; Wed, 15 May 2002 09:14:57 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <004701c1fc12$926fdce0$6401a8c0@cable.rcn.com> From: "Rich Caloggero" To: References: <004d01c1fb83$51d22a60$02263e18@mycomputer> <000f01c1fb89$96f95ae0$02263e18@mycomputer> <20020514162803.B31102@romualt.dhs.org> <001101c1fb95$e97d81e0$02263e18@mycomputer> <007601c1fba0$73f59ce0$91e03244@DAVIDPOEHLMAN> <000f01c1fba1$29901760$02263e18@mycomputer> <003b01c1fbb5$f4a9b6e0$91e03244@DAVIDPOEHLMAN> Subject: Re: Consensus opinion required - was 'more worms' Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 09:15:23 -0400 Organization: MIT ATIC Lab MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" 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: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Reply-To: "Rich Caloggero" List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Yes, restricting the list to text-only messages might be usful. Let's do it! Rich ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Poehlman" To: Sent: 14 May, 2002 10:12 PM Subject: Re: Consensus opinion required - was 'more worms' no disagreement here. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Igor Gueths" To: Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 7:43 PM Subject: Re: Consensus opinion required - was 'more worms' Hi Dave. Yeah I'm refering to dot net also. There is a limit in what you can integrate into an aplication before it becomes too big and too buggy. This is just my opinion, feel free to disagree. ----- Original Message ----- From: David Poehlman To: Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 7:38 PM Subject: Re: Consensus opinion required - was 'more worms' > what dat? dot net? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Igor Gueths" > To: > Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 6:23 PM > Subject: Re: Consensus opinion required - was 'more worms' > > > Hi Greg. Yes pretty much I believe it was their idea. All they want to > do is combine everything into one i.e., html into e-mail, internet > destroyer bolted into w98. They also think winblows is so smart, > recognizing and formulating urls into hyperlinks? Wow! > Impressive! What if I want to read the text of that link and not your > crappy rendition? Then what? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gregory Nowak > To: > Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 5:28 PM > Subject: Re: Consensus opinion required - was 'more worms' > > > > Wasn't it originally macroslop's idea that html and e-mail were one > and the same? > > Greg > > > > > > On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 04:54:49PM -0400, Igor Gueths wrote: > > > Hi all. I think that it is peoples' responsibility to change their > messages to plain text, but even if the list were restricted to plain > text, I wouldn't mind. Also, e-mail and html should be separated. There > should be a difference between the web and the rest of the internet. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Igor Gueths > > > To: > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 4:09 PM > > > Subject: Re: Consensus opinion required - was 'more worms' > > > > > > > > > Hi. I think that this method is both better and more standard. I > wouldn't mind if messages were restricted to text. I don't transmit in > html anyway. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: 'Georgina' > > > To: > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 2:48 PM > > > Subject: Consensus opinion required - was 'more worms' > > > > > > > > > > Hi All > > > > > > > > Because of the use of html messages being used to transmit Windows > > > > viruses, I wondered if folks would agree to having list messages > > > > restricted to plain text only? > > > > > > > > The list owner will act upon whatever the consensus is. > > > > > > > > Gena > > > > > > > > Have your say: > > > > Blindness Advocacy and Self Help Online www.bashonline.org > > > > > > > > Please don't send me MS Word documents, see > > > > http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > > > > > > > > Personal Contact Details: > > > > E-mail: gena@gena-j.net WWW: http://www.gena-j.net ICQ: 144169465 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup