[lug] Cluttering the Internet (will be: the moderator beatings shall continue until morale improves)

[Sean Reifschneider]

On 11/27/2009 05:26 PM, Tom Christiansen wrote:
> Why?  I carefully compose my messages to present properly in a particular
> fashion which specifically requires a fixed-width font, respect for certain

So, what you're saying is that you had a message to convey, and that
message is:

   [-- Attachment #1: Freedom-formatted reply by tchrist to anselmi --]
   [-- Type: application/pdf, Encoding: base64, Size: 6.5K --]

   [-- application/pdf is unsupported (use 'v' to view this part) --]

   [-- Attachment #2 --]
   [-- Type: text/plain, Encoding: 7bit, Size: 0.2K --]

I realize I'm being a bit flippant here, but come on -- PDF?

There are standards for e-mail communication, this is a solved problem, and
PDF is *NOT* the solution.

If someone says that they prefer looking at non-fixed-width fonts, and sets
that in their mail client, it is not reasonable that you *FORCE* them to
read it in your preferred configuration.

But I'll be clear, I do not think we should allow posting as attachments,
period.  PDF?  DOC?  They just do not help with the goal, which is
communication.  For example, I *STILL* haven't read the message(s) that
sparked this, because as you see above the content is obscured.

Sean
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Sean Reifschneider, Member of Technical Staff <jafo at tummy.com>
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