Please let's avoid sending mails containing HTML parts
Hi, I noticed that Boost's mailing list rules don't forbid sending useless HTML attachments which is not a good idea for discussion lists. Please let's extent http://www.boost.org/more/discussion_policy.htm to avoid this. Advantages: * Smaller messages * Faster opening (difference between text and HTML parts can be factor 10 and more!) * More consistent display formatting (no differences between text and HTML can occur without HTML) * There is absolutely no need to send HTML stuff. If one really depends on pictures or similar stuff the person should use normal attachments or even better upload the data to a remote site Omitting HTML parts is just a common rule for many lists, strange that Boost didn't enforce it yet. Jens
From: Jens Seidel
I noticed that Boost's mailing list rules don't forbid sending useless HTML attachments which is not a good idea for discussion lists. Please let's extend http://www.boost.org/more/discussion_policy.htm <http://www.boost.org/more/discussion_policy.htm> to avoid this.
There's certainly a presumption against HTML, but this email is an example of why a prohibition is not a good idea. I am posting this via Outlook Exchange Webmail - and *I* can't find the magic runes to make the wretched thing post in plain text!
That's a good point. I was always wondering why some of my messages where send as HTML. The funny thing about Outlook Exchange Webmail is that it doesn't even allow you to use any HTML based formating, but it still sends the message as HTML. ________________________________________ From: boost-bounces@lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Martin Bonner Sent: Sonntag, 23. März 2008 21:28 To: boost@lists.boost.org Subject: RE: [boost] Please let's avoid sending mails containing HTML parts From: Jens Seidel
I noticed that Boost's mailing list rules don't forbid sending useless HTML attachments which is not a good idea for discussion lists. Please let's extend http://www.boost.org/more/discussion_policy.htm to avoid this. There's certainly a presumption against HTML, but this email is an example of why a prohibition is not a good idea. I am posting this via Outlook Exchange Webmail - and *I* can't find the magic runes to make the wretched thing post in plain text!
on Sat Mar 22 2008, Jens Seidel <jensseidel-AT-users.sf.net> wrote:
Hi,
I noticed that Boost's mailing list rules don't forbid sending useless HTML attachments which is not a good idea for discussion lists. Please let's extent http://www.boost.org/more/discussion_policy.htm to avoid this.
Advantages: * Smaller messages * Faster opening (difference between text and HTML parts can be factor 10 and more!) * More consistent display formatting (no differences between text and HTML can occur without HTML) * There is absolutely no need to send HTML stuff. If one really depends on pictures or similar stuff the person should use normal attachments or even better upload the data to a remote site
Omitting HTML parts is just a common rule for many lists, strange that Boost didn't enforce it yet.
Long ago we decided to discourage it, but not to simply ban it, because *sometimes*, in rare instances, HTML provides the extra expressiveness needed to get a point across. It hasn't been a huge problem, AFAIK. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting http://boost-consulting.com
On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 11:59 AM, David Abrahams <dave@boost-consulting.com> wrote:
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Long ago we decided to discourage it, but not to simply ban it, because *sometimes*, in rare instances, HTML provides the extra expressiveness needed to get a point across. It hasn't been a huge problem, AFAIK.
Some messages do bother to the point that I just give up reading them. But it is usually rare, but so are HTML messages in the list.
-- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting http://boost-consulting.com
Regards, -- Felipe Magno de Almeida
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