On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 1:03 PM, Gergo Tisza gtisza@wikimedia.org wrote:
On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Oliver Keyes okeyes@wikimedia.org wrote:
That way people can get the information from the nicely-formatted source without simultaneously being lured by a not-as-nicely formatted source.
Fwiw, a personal +1 to just including the link (and optionally 1 or 2 highlight sentences) in these email updates, which I otherwise appreciate. :)
Why is that better than making both sources nicely formatted? All it probably takes is flipping a configuration switch to stop mailman from butchering HTML emails.
That's a topic almost as contentious as top/bottom posting! "Nicely" is subjective!! ;-)
Yes, it is just a toggle, but as the FAQ[1] says:
Q. My users hate HTML in their email and for security reasons, I want to strip out all MIME attachments. How can I do this? A. Mailman 2.1 has this feature built-in. See the Content Filtering Options page in the admin interface.
[1] http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/faq.html
A personal -1 to allowing HTML formatting on this list in general - I don't want to see twitter logos, custom typefaces/colors, or [[mystery meat navigation]] links, and all the other woes of HTML email - there isn't a way to override this in gmail directly, so I appreciate that some of our mailing lists auto-convert HTML->plaintext. If this sub-issue gets forked into a separate thread to propose a change, I can supply a litany of links as to why HTML emails are still bad netiquette and are frustrating for many users (especially on a technical mailing list, where some users use a CLI to read). But hopefully that's enough info to conclude this sub-issue. :-)