From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from 12-226-55-73.client.attbi.com ([12.226.55.73]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 16XanC-0000Vj-00 for ; Sun, 03 Feb 2002 23:31:46 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by 12-226-55-73.client.attbi.com (8.10.2/8.9.3) with ESMTP id g144Vot31067 for ; Mon, 4 Feb 2002 04:31:50 GMT Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2002 23:31:50 -0500 (EST) From: Frank Carmickle X-Sender: frankiec@12-226-55-73.client.attbi.com To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: blind friendly or people friendly In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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: frankiec@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: IMHO this is a load of shit. I don't like listening to people complaining either. The point is html mail is a waste of bandwidth and disk space. Nobody really needs to read most mail in html. So instead of the complaining that most people will do I will offer a procmail recipe. I will post it tomorrow. Blind people are not the only people who don't like html mail. Oh and I didn't waste my time reading all the shit mail that went on about the windows mailers. But I do have to say that it is polite to have ">" in front of quoted material. And here is a good example of snipping quotes which took me 3 seconds. On Sun, 3 Feb 2002, Kirk Wood wrote: > Chuck, I like what you said but note one problem: Current RFC allows for > html email. It isn't just m$ and in fact, they were not the > first. Personally I just can't believe how much crying goes on this list > about the subject. -- Frank Carmickle phone: 412 761-9568 email: frankiec@dryrose.com