From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from rwcrmhc54.attbi.com ([216.148.227.87]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 177qkG-0006ej-00 for ; Wed, 15 May 2002 00:50:36 -0400 Received: from mycomputer ([24.62.38.156]) by rwcrmhc54.attbi.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with SMTP id <20020514222951.IXWF8633.rwcrmhc54.attbi.com@mycomputer> for ; Tue, 14 May 2002 22:29:51 +0000 Message-ID: <004f01c1fb96$a6e0c8a0$02263e18@mycomputer> From: "Igor Gueths" To: References: <004201c1fb93$8c29d2c0$fa0a9718@nt.charterne.com> Subject: Re: Consensus opinion required - was 'more worms' Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 18:28:19 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 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 List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: It is also a person's responsibility to take responsible for content = transmitted through their network, not Aohell timewarner to go probing = peoples' hds for mp3s? No way man! Will never get even read access to my = hd.=20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Alex Snow To: Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 6:06 PM Subject: Re: Consensus opinion required - was 'more worms' > I would agree. It's the recepiant's responsibility to keep there = antivirus > up to date and working, not the list owner's to filter it. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dawes, Stephen" > To: > Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 5:04 PM > Subject: RE: Consensus opinion required - was 'more worms' >=20 >=20 > All you are doing is introducing censorship! >=20 > If you are a windows user for reading your mail, and don't want your > computer attacked with every virus that happens down the wire, then = get an > anti virus program and run it on your computer. >=20 > If you don't like HTML in in your messages, do like some members of = the list > do, and right a process to strip it off. In fact, if you ask the right > people, they may even share what they have already developed for this > process. (No, I am not the one using a stripping process.) >=20 > There are reasons for people to have their format set the way in which = they > do, and I don't think that a list should be censoring the formatting = of a > message. >=20 > In my case, the corporate standard is to have the email client respond = to a > message in the same format that it was sent in. They would also prefer = use > of html so that any url's sent in a message are easily accessed, and = active. >=20 > So, if you choose to implement such a form of censorship, then I guess = that > I will be dropped from the list automatically. Yes some of you will = say no > loss, but then I guess I would no longer be able to help those where = and > when I can. To those people, I will say sorry in advance, list = censorship > prevents me from assisting you. >=20 > Come on, folks, take some responsibility for your own set ups, and = stop > trying to pass off the responsibility on to some else. There is too = much of > NIMBY in the world today to have it show up here on the list. > (NIMBY, Not In My BackYard!) >=20 > Frankly, I am tired of hearing about the email formatting woes, and = that is > all this thread is about, when you dig down to the bottom of the = problem. > A wolf in sheep's clothing is still a wolf! >=20 > "But that's just my opinion, I could be wrong!" (Dennis Miller) >=20 > Steve Dawes > PH: (403) 268-5527. > Mailto: sdawes@gov.calgary.ab.ca >=20 >=20 >=20 > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Igor Gueths [mailto:igueths@attbi.com] > > Sent: 2002 May 14 2:10 PM > > To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > 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 > > >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >=20 >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup