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Re: Basic Nettiquette
Ysobelle wrote:
> Far be it from me to restrict anyone's right to make themselves look like a
> complete moron in public.
I just about snarfed my girl scout cookies all over the monitor when I read this.
> FOR THE LOVE OF BOB, TURN OFF YOUR HTML! There are some lovely folks
> hereabouts whose posts we'd love to read, except we can't find 'em in the
> morass of code in which they're embedded.
Some people who use web-browser-type clients to read their email may not
realize what their client is hiding from them, especially if the *software*
writes the HTML for them. I got an email from someone the other day,
forwarding an article they had read about Michael Moore, and it looked like
this:
<pre>
<BR>
<FONT SIZE=3D"2"><FONT FACE=3D"Arial"><BR>
----------</FONT></FONT> <BR>
<BR>
<FONT SIZE=3D"2"><FONT FACE=3D"Arial"><B>From:</B></FONT></FONT> <F=
ONT SIZE=3D"2"><FONT FACE=3D"Arial">Koyuki Yip <BR>
<B>Sent:</B></FONT></FONT> =
<FONT SIZE=3D"2"><FONT FACE=3D"Arial">Tuesday, March 12, 2002 11:38:51 AM <BR>
<B>To:</B></FONT></FONT> <FONT SIZE=3D"2"><FONT FACE=3D"Arial">ALL STAFF-=
-Nationwide <BR>
<B>Subject:</B></FONT></FONT> <FONT SIZE=3D"2"><FONT FACE=3D"Arial"=
> Michael Moore, the book and the police <BR>
<B>Auto forwarded by a Rule</B></FONT></FONT> <BR>
<FONT SIZE=3D"2"><FONT FACE=3D"Courier New">From: Michael Moore <mikemail@cl=
oud9.net<BR>
To: michaelmoore-l at cloud9_net</FONT></FONT> <BR>
<BR>
<FONT SIZE=3D"2"><FONT FACE=3D"Courier New">Subject:[Mike's Message] Police Rai=
d Booksigning for Stupid White Men</FONT></FONT> <BR>
<BR>
<FONT SIZE=3D"2"><FONT FACE=3D"Courier New">Date: 11 Mar 2002 16:22:26 -0500</F=
ONT></FONT> <BR>
<BR>
<FONT SIZE=3D"2"><FONT FACE=3D"Courier New"> <BR>
</FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT FACE=3D"Courier New">Police Raid, Shut Down My Booksigning in San Diego=
<BR>
</FONT><BR>
<FONT FACE=3D"Courier New"> <BR>
</pre>
Now, am I *really* being arrogant when I say that this is mildly annoying?
Wouldn't *you* prefer not to have to wade through code like this?
'nuff said.
--
Don Smith Robotic Optical Transient Search Experiment
donaldas at umich_edu http://xte.mit.edu/~dasmith/
"In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd" - Miguel de Unamuno
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