[ale] Line wrap in Mozilla versus shell based email

Geoffrey esoteric at 3times25.net
Tue Jan 6 12:53:09 EST 2004


Pete Hardie wrote:
> Dow Hurst wrote:
> 
>> Thanks for checking that!  I don't want to post emails to list in an 
>> impolite form.  Should I set the compose window to plain text format 
>> as the default?
> 
> 
> Personally, I find HTML email impolite, because it's used by nearly all 
> spam, both for the annoyance factor of blinking red 32-pt text, and for 
> the web bug tracking capabilities.  I send plain text, and receive plain 
> text.

That's why I like Mozilla's option to view all email as text.  All that 
spam html comes in with about 5 lines of text.

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Until later, Geoffrey	esoteric at 3times25.net

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