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Re: mail rules (WAS Re: The latest round of antivirus bouncebacks)



On Thursday 11 April 2002 02:39 am, Patrick Kirk wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> My posts on this topic generated more heat than light - apologies to
> anyone offended.

none taken, although your more recent suggestion involving list-customized 
filters seems like way too much interference in the freedom that everyone 
should retain in choosing their own means of dealing with mail. what we need 
is a simplification, rather than the imposition of requiring that people 
adopt anything they don't choose for themselves. it's all a matter of 
eliminating the redundant litter that irritates everyone, such as html 
formatting in mail messages. the solution is simple--use plain text.

so far, we've got three simple rules that appear to be generally approved--

  1. no spam

  2. text-only (no html, ms-tnef, etc.)

  3. wrap text

--none of which require that anyone radically modify the essential structure 
of their own setup. let's stick with simple solutions.


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