[Wikipedia-l] Message attachments

Jimmy Wales jwales at bomis.com
Fri Dec 7 04:54:06 UTC 2001


I read my email in mutt, a *nix mail program.  HTML in email is evil
and annoying, I agree.  Attachments are bad news generally speaking.
Nothing good ever comes in an attachment, I always say.  (Yes, I know
I'm wrong, but I say it always anyway. :-) )

--Jimbo

Ben Finney wrote:

> Howdy all,
> 
> I'm receiving this list in digest form, as I do with many lists.  Can we
> please have a policy decision on attachments and HTML here?  They are
> completely useless and annoying, and if they are allowed I'll just have
> to unsubscribe and miss out on the useful discussions that happen here.
> 
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