Re: fast conversion of html mail to text
Mike Leone <turgon <at> mike-leone.com>
2002-10-01 01:58:58 GMT
* Sven Guckes (guckes <at> math.fu-berlin.de) wrote this on 09 30, 02 at 20:56:
> * Sven Guckes said:
> > well, if you subscribe to a HTML-only newsletter
> > then you were asking for it - so it's your problem.
>
> * Michael Leone <turgon <at> mike-leone.com> [2002-09-26 17:27]:
> > It's *not* a problem, for me, anyway.
>
> so you are ignoring the extra but superfluous data - fine.
Not ignoring it. And it's not (always) superflous - some people *want* their
email to be read in the way they present it - links, colors, etc. So I have
mutt call out w3m to see HTML-only email. Or I ignore it, if I feel like.
Like anything else, it's my choice. As ignoring it is your choice.
> > To: <guckes <at> math.fu-berlin.de>
> > Cc: <mutt-users <at> mutt.org>
> > X-Mailer: SquirrelMail (version 1.2.7)
>
> but you are obviously are also ignoring the fact that i am
> subscribed to the list and therefore do *not* need any CCs.
Usually, I edit that out, and have the list as the only email address in the
TO:, but I didn't bother that time.
> webmailers *suck*. and if it is not the mailer
> then it must be the people using them. *hrmpf*
Go have a beer or something, Sven - people will like you better if you're
less grumpy over things that are really not all that world-shattering.
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