[Mailman-Users] strip-mime and aol

[Kyle Rhorer]

On Saturday 07 September 2002 01:47, Fuzzy wrote:
> > Get real, Rickie, this is the 21st Century, HTML here to stay. 
> > It's called freedom to send email in whatever format I want.

And we have the freedom to not read mail in whatever format we want.  If 
you want your mail to have the widest possible readership, keep that in 
mind.

> You seem to be unaware of the costs...

Don't forget about the security implications, which is the main reason I 
dislike HTML mail.  I agree that it takes up too much space, isn't 
RFC-compliant, and not all clients can read it.  Those are good reasons 
not to send it.  However, being a security specialist, HTML mail's 
security risks are tops on my sh** list.

> I suppose that if two people with the tools to view such an email,
> want to correspond via non-text email, that's thier business. For
> mailing list mail one has to insure the usablity of the information.
> To me that means text/plain format.

Good point.

Kyle