Clinton Goveas writes:
Next LUG meet: 11 Oct 2003 around 4 pm - VJTI Mech Dept
I vote for blocking HTML mails, but not the sender. :)
Also, whats this talk about "geeks"? Lets treat each other as human beings, and not resort to stereotyping one another. It is one thing that the world perceives FLOSS enthusiasts as "geeks" and "fanatics", but lets not start that amongst ourselves now.
Clinton Goveas http://www.clintongoveas.com
I don't know why we always get into this "Geeks Vs Rest of the World" scenario on this list. Agreed totally that HTML mail is a pain to read. But then newbies who come from the Webmail and Windoze world need to be educated rather than be kicked off. I agree with Mitul and Clinton here we should desist from classifying people here.
We can have some kind of a warning mail sent to the person who sends the email in HTML and politely ask him to resend the mail in Plain Text. This mail could include a link which tells why it is better to send mail in HTML. Also I would request the List Admins to send out a mail reminder with the list guidelines once a month. With the number of mail sent on this list per month, I don't think it will add to the traffic but rather increase the relevance of posts on this list. This will go a long way in keeping the atmosphere on this list healthy.
Vinayak Hegde