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George Huxtable wrote:
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> I quote from Dan Hogan's welcome message to the list, which all should have
> received-
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> >PLEASE use text format in your messages not HTML.


Amen. I noticed an increasing number of HTML messages on Nav-L. Most
were less effective than plain text. E.g., they appeared in a small
sans-serif font.

Good HTML can be nearly as compact as plain text, but typically the
output from mail software is *hideously* bloated. Try looking at some
HTML messages in "raw" format. (If you're running Netscape, click
View, Page Source.) If you've never done this before, be ready for a
shock. I could run my eye down the inbox listing and spot most HTML
postings just from their byte count.

This can have a noticeable impact if you're on a dial-up connection
and get a lot of mail. One of the lists I used to be on had more than
100 messages per day. Anyone who posted HTML was instantly and bluntly
told to knock it off.

I wouldn't be that uncivil. A few days ago I installed a more polite
solution. It's a filter which deletes messages whose "Content-Type"
contains "multipart". So far, that's blocked the HTML postings.
Regrettably, it also makes some people invisible, but it's only a few.

To block oversized messages I have Netscape set for a max allowable
size. Anything bigger, I see only a partial message, with the option
to download the rest.

   

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