[Mailman-Users] Plain Text

[Kyle Rhorer]

On Monday 24 March 2003 16:06, Staven Bruce wrote:
> We have a RedHat 8.0 Linux server running the latest version of
> Mailman atop a Sendmail MTA. Whenever I send a message to a mailing
> list, it always arrives to the recipients in plain text, even when
> I'm using another font. I compose the messages in Outlook usually,
> and want to be able to use different colored backgrounds, different
> fonts, etc. Can I do this with Mailman?

Staven, don't take the following comments personally.

Although I would strongly discourage you from sending HTML email (it's 
annoying, usually unnecessary, and most competent sysadmins consider it 
a security hazard), if you really, *really* want to pass HTML through 
your mailing list you should have a look at the content filtering 
settings for your list.  convert_html_to_plaintext defaults to on (for 
good reason).  You should also check with your Exchange administrator 
to see whether the Exchange server is the one converting to plain text 
(again, for good reason).  Bear in mind that even if you change your 
Mailman and Exchange settings, there is no guarantee the recipient will 
view the HTML -- I have my MUA configured to show only plain text due 
to security and spam control considerations.

Kyle
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