From 5474a9f7b182ae1bddb46d479c73827ebf0de251 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mikaela Suomalainen Date: Sun, 6 May 2012 03:19:38 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Add complaining about HTML in emails and .gitignore --- .HTML.html.md.swp | Bin 0 -> 12288 bytes .gitignore | 3 +++ Complaining.html | 4 ++-- Complaining.html.md | 2 +- HTML.html | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ HTML.html.md | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ index.html | 2 +- index.html.md | 2 +- 8 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) create mode 100644 .HTML.html.md.swp create mode 100644 .gitignore create mode 100644 HTML.html create mode 100644 HTML.html.md diff --git a/.HTML.html.md.swp b/.HTML.html.md.swp new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..439f7e1498eda925bbcb86c7ebc84481ee558a21 GIT binary patch literal 12288 zcmeI2Pj4JG7{*;r{AmDDjtISN4sE1mrfpgwkWds9q(th9O9F=ot-NFJjRxNnvRQTe_*Pc9?^ZLm#;oC3zgn8y{k^Sxy2zjulL#aN zi9jNd2qXfDKq8O`Bm&O}0l&P&9$+oc4eNPxxL(CWw_7Y?~r;uSPIT1(%5`jb@ z5l93QfoGn;u9ei8hFoLi4ju2wsp2)YYN1BdmZ~VJ<&G*@du3`VNOEbFw4dB4yG%FGTw1g9!o_EGmd z>YIGCFhZJHVQK*vz#VAC@zJ!YeS>wLm#v8b@!ezBESJXm9Pc4lO|5*F55r;&TftLP zCDs<|9T}VyUs|Spvy`(&>y8X8Y8?p!@FU`@h2m*Pt~8AnV0|Z}!|*_u`Z|mg+Ef^8 zW#N$lNu8-=Pu2}+Lx*S=t7=Q+R5Mckx+8fau>(QdhkIyh9C;#b2L!e00>zoB{SKo& z6L+sx3rSXT5x(l1*Kc0cZyb4_S4%BXy4InTsnKFYMPr>hk&)}^JaD}#@X&k9vG-L$Njt>ec z%)sEVY-%B42`f(ba%DbMTJw0e;idLfK)$tg?)G9Im*^A@*65E_%TV+O!G3NyS3|&= bE(g=aVXG0C;Jtsk*pUlVVmz8T5M+M?Ibkp~ literal 0 HcmV?d00001 diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore new file mode 100644 index 0000000..eb3921c --- /dev/null +++ b/.gitignore @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +# Temporary files from Vim and nano aren't welcome here. +*.swp +*~ diff --git a/Complaining.html b/Complaining.html index 6379346..6a756ad 100644 --- a/Complaining.html +++ b/Complaining.html @@ -2,6 +2,6 @@

My complainings on this website are linked on this page.

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Top posting on mailing lists. — Coming soon

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Top posting on mailing lists.

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HTML on mailing lists. — Coming soon

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HTML on mailing lists.

diff --git a/Complaining.html.md b/Complaining.html.md index 604eb34..aac8d79 100644 --- a/Complaining.html.md +++ b/Complaining.html.md @@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ My complainings on this website are linked on this page. [Top posting on mailing lists.](http://mkaysi.github.com/top-posting.html) -HTML on mailing lists. — Coming soon +[HTML on mailing lists.](http://mkaysi.github.com/HTML.html) diff --git a/HTML.html b/HTML.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7cca53f --- /dev/null +++ b/HTML.html @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +

Using HTML in emails.

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Emails which are written with HTML are annoying.

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Why are they annoying?

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  1. They look bad with some clients with plaintext inlines (at least on Icedove and Thunderbird).

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  2. They add empty lines to emails. Have you ever tried looking at source of one?

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  3. They can include very annoying formatting.

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    Do you like reading email which is for example, all in bold, cursive and with some notice attracting colour, like red? +And what if it's even written with some very annoying font?

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  4. They don't show correctly in some emails clients.

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  5. At least guidelines of Debian mailing lists and Ubuntu mailing lists forbid writing emails in HTML. Hopefully others do to, at least they should.

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My email client cannot write messages in plaintext!

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Are you sure? Debian wiki has instructions how to write plain text with many clients.

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But I use webmail, I cannot send plaintext!

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Are you sure? Debian wiki, which was mentioned eaerier also includes instructions for many webmails about writing in plaintext.

diff --git a/HTML.html.md b/HTML.html.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..952b57b --- /dev/null +++ b/HTML.html.md @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +Using HTML in emails. +===================== + +Emails which are written with HTML are annoying. + +Why are they annoying? +---------------------- + +1. They look bad with some clients with plaintext inlines (at least on [Icedove and Thunderbird](https://mozilla.org/thunderbird/)). + +2. They add empty lines to emails. Have you ever tried looking at source of one? + +3. They can include very annoying formatting. + + Do you like reading email which is for example, all in bold, cursive and with some notice attracting colour, like red? + And what if it's even written with some very annoying font? + +4. They don't show correctly in some emails clients. + +5. At least guidelines of [Debian mailing lists](http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct) and [Ubuntu mailing lists](http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/mailinglists) forbid writing emails in HTML. Hopefully others do to, at least they should. + +My email client cannot write messages in plaintext! +--------------------------------------------------- + +Are you sure? [Debian wiki](https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMailingLists#HowTo_send_plain_text_emails_to_the_list) has instructions how to write plain text with many clients. + +But I use webmail, I cannot send plaintext! +------------------------------------------- + +Are you sure? [Debian wiki, which was mentioned eaerier](https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMailingLists#HowTo_send_plain_text_emails_to_the_list) also includes instructions for many webmails about writing in plaintext. diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index 0417c97..b4195d8 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -4,6 +4,6 @@

Why I don't use S/MIME?

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[My complainings about many things] — coming soon too.

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My complainings about many things

Hosting by GitHub pages.

diff --git a/index.html.md b/index.html.md index c71e7e0..e54ce80 100644 --- a/index.html.md +++ b/index.html.md @@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ You can find my [PGP key here.](http://mkaysi.github.com/PGP.txt) Why I don't use [S/MIME?](http://mkaysi.github.com/Clearsigning.html) -[My complainings about many things] — coming soon too. +[My complainings about many things](http://mkaysi.github.com/Complaining.html) Hosting by [GitHub pages.](http://pages.github.com/)