From d87693cae8efe10e075928e867a92d0bfa90baa2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mikaela Suomalainen Date: Sun, 6 May 2012 20:40:20 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Multiple things, see diff. --- HTML.html | 25 +-------- PGP/Clearsigning.html | 17 ++++++ PGP/Clearsigning.html.md | 20 +++++++ PGP/key.txt | 54 +++++++++++++++++++ articles/complaining/HTML.html | 24 +++++++++ .../complaining/HTML.html.md | 0 articles/complaining/topposting.html | 24 +++++++++ topposting | 1 + 8 files changed, 141 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-) create mode 100644 PGP/Clearsigning.html create mode 100644 PGP/Clearsigning.html.md create mode 100644 PGP/key.txt create mode 100644 articles/complaining/HTML.html rename HTML.html.md => articles/complaining/HTML.html.md (100%) create mode 100644 articles/complaining/topposting.html create mode 100644 topposting diff --git a/HTML.html b/HTML.html index 7cca53f..b36fbeb 100644 --- a/HTML.html +++ b/HTML.html @@ -1,24 +1 @@ -

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/PGP/Clearsigning.html b/PGP/Clearsigning.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..807cfd1 --- /dev/null +++ b/PGP/Clearsigning.html @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +

Why do you GPG clearsign your emails instead of using PGP/MIME or something less spammy?

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I am clearsigning my emails instead of using PGP/MIME, because I am on +multiple mailing lists and most of them use mailing list software, +which messes up with headers and this way make PGP/MIME signatures +unverifiable.

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But clearsigned signature looks ugly.

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I know that clearsigned messages may look ugly to email clients, which +don't support PGP, but they can at least be verified on all mailing lists.

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I am on slow connection and your signature is too big for me.

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I am sorry for that. But keep in mind that your email client would still +download ther PGP/MIME signature (signature.asc) file even if I used +PGP/MIME.

diff --git a/PGP/Clearsigning.html.md b/PGP/Clearsigning.html.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7d9d119 --- /dev/null +++ b/PGP/Clearsigning.html.md @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +Why do you GPG clearsign your emails instead of using PGP/MIME or something less spammy? +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +I am clearsigning my emails instead of using PGP/MIME, because I am on +multiple mailing lists and most of them use mailing list software, +which messes up with headers and this way make PGP/MIME signatures +unverifiable. + +But clearsigned signature looks ugly. +------------------------------------- + +I know that clearsigned messages may look ugly to email clients, which +don't support PGP, but they can at least be verified on all mailing lists. + +I am on slow connection and your signature is too big for me. +------------------------------------------------------------- + +I am sorry for that. But keep in mind that your email client would still +download ther PGP/MIME signature (signature.asc) file even if I used +PGP/MIME. diff --git a/PGP/key.txt b/PGP/key.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9c7f390 --- /dev/null +++ b/PGP/key.txt @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- +Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) + +mQINBE9xiBUBEADI2Wdm4G7gVGm1fDi/78LSXgcLSpiixaHnE1vrdU3CoSZ5Pygo +wLxMMoA5R/4z329SyuGFlxO+IPl2lWFh1UD+iOC+WhWZkeRFPGIF7YKeYtDqoSCs ++OUczGN8CBTOWwQlzuosqrbkuF5fe8dCsq0jtFxM2pGN25NGoY/mIdwca8WoJCCx +1LwBM+jctfIfp6+oH3aYjIkJB3qTnfOc897MyT9dysacjQ0xhWYXiBSvo/eq0aGa +dVFlw3dovNdUscX3WVnYHIKQACi6G90TZvUGfOcnQZFI069+ZY7OlfGw6T0CVSDA +hcE0cSENzdZreVXGCSIpO+It+fXUoGu+JR3rLwtELpmxiK4KdpmEsMy8Lr+6BxdC +yVMyhbe9jQAs2Hf6tGLKjjJ5OXqLaJVKuFSTGTLG+z1Dt/ZGUnc3xZDClQyAiWzK +yQV0JLAAkY5oIS5LUxi9j6FYOjejHTFvNYS92VU76vCTXjb/TntSdALHwC4cPpt1 +3tOqjLTX2p8dWGwBj3zCjHhCOgWZue1CXsk6zq03ZyCTmovO/5e6z1eW/TTgsl1V +jsLrEy5X2wl+lZXUQHtPZmJJQWCU506mwKash8ERHjjLAd5qGqbsoBrPs6Ip+3BX +004S052sVLSgIhQ/JhtgYurmqWmubOByBQo3dPb9r3wjZyYQxhedWYAEtQARAQAB +tBBNaWthIFN1b21hbGFpbmVuiQI7BBMBAgAlAhsDBgsJCAcDAgYVCAIJCgsEFgID +AQIeAQIXgAUCT3GJfAIZAQAKCRBNtTz+gqRnKNzaD/9SlI9rfeHFX6b7KMGXc/E7 +JAcxxBv6GB9zopCsXdqvVyS03aRiG7xForP2tWjZtXoqFxuN99cuTk7bmUDvQG5F +WpFAviZucLQvR6PnxdVdPlHCJ4zspdI9DTZoDYBQtrYWzX5t/y7rVy3MkUIXRYBY +mJYV66cP86YUM3eAj0qBTHsjYgD5aJkMTHpvO0N679z6fA1BANsmZc0vNbWW1iyF +OXIXhLiJKRhjG24W82akDKELx0riKJzmNheYg3kAWLHXjgEgB209cMlWxDWjUvwk +sGUkjh7UiaqzVy9n5uOvCKq254Wbh/Yu8UfsBtFisnlriPvxMyl5a3Qr4MjZXDWm +7MQ5iKGcKamjMdYJ6PUXLhvR6L5uvjg65OCfeEatLm+++jhXLtRLR+yXHmIUwacO +bra7SxX5sjkffLDj/Cz8P5NFaJQfsJBJo1WxeD1wyYFHmUImyIqQSYga8bTdb+D9 +h1ZmNL1ZuDl2mEWU0l5VmJOnDMWPYZqjp0IcBlBeeS7M7XXt7/+xNx+b0XpClo6g +MJ9el9r8vCYfWnjykeLgUpPVL0HtSsVYNp+DDlTxvfDObfDkbWjik6kVNSKH6vlD +czLoYyjvrmUa36tagqgoytEJpi5MPxzSyKZj4+4SpKrFTnGILKliQqK3XMvWxj6j +FBsu3L7iFvu9CADnRD5SQLQxTWlrYSBTdW9tYWxhaW5lbiA8bWlrYS5oZW5yaWsu +bWFpbmlvQGhvdG1haWwuY29tPokCOAQTAQIAIgUCT3GJRwIbAwYLCQgHAwIGFQgC +CQoLBBYCAwECHgECF4AACgkQTbU8/oKkZyjKBw/+PzNZIClZJXdZ4/eFtdbG8as3 +HlTDvpFdr/UJrXLQhJ6Q3f0kJb23J6o8W9QXGuOiLr1BZxWAkOPoRQXdEIPjbVhT +Wob1Yqv7lcizeNmkeUtmtAy/p+ZpFXg2YauTaoXnZs+zEKUVYp26UiSV6jE3PCZh +AZRHTuJaxYw3k1xfbhkjTCb5GAWOB7SbSLi37nQbnJdPdunVf4125lQIPNzy6RNm +wlvyDvraddPQa5Tsr9lZwSmgiocKn1SO+VKCISz3j73YePqEn0K7IHnR5ZMOIiZS +LaULvF4ZovJ0E/Gea+7bWHHNY/XAN4hyOdcGAp0wIGzi1scDXVpaiIdqSYYQayq8 +QAhSZeG9fVVd3U7Ubq0JHcZ/uBP0XoTviejn7Xh77rg05W5ui47Q9jG5ZlZSlRb6 +kRt/tIyLIB+RNIgdvnandVDHN3BTL92+5B3eMEbAqsSkseB5h9Ue1j1WuL816htn +teFYURE1bc0fSyqzPlEfox/Oa+DwnOqhFiyfKo6u1S1rrVBIQpw/mPygl8iHkSZ5 +ZgAz+FfZH+3hAshbRek5iLRPkLE/ZlAnj2n80ZTRtlS27o72ZyAa4zaMStxwdqjl +IBY+BKp2iAQEpCQ7NalsJjhd73y+OYUTgrGP5A7vxUL1FqtiyIxGMlQgW1e5ZQcc +HB+fSoYc3OW4YxzGZHG0JU1pa2EgU3VvbWFsYWluZW4gPHMubWlrYTk1QGdtYWls +LmNvbT6JAjgEEwECACIFAk9xiRkCGwMGCwkIBwMCBhUIAgkKCwQWAgMBAh4BAheA +AAoJEE21PP6CpGcoeaIQALHx/7ySoWXluTDmbgQ/JYtqvXmWCgMch8rb48T5YkXN +xINzGh2GvusbChd2MDOWxUi1+nJZyqekUdEn1gT0xnI30DcXpsRzEdonCfe1iqmg +RvFxodEnXXVfCFI6oFAkEfb2CcF9slKxlG43Jao+o+lwoOJACAzxr26xOhz98cqf +LwWzCYnqcr6pY+8PFKbM9Pm/U6STQpCi3tln6y1QnLc6Lc6FFHzYDC7TpZZw1F8W +NYjcImb3xAIw/3pH7An2Tvi3wC/IiKeYgFUIWn6m1QytEZqbMOewEAfSyRHw+Igd +ngNDMswtiOxFL+XIk6ivqOjul6+T+CX1y9HVltPjze3ag64BGU8t1D4poT9tD7Q6 +NI+KH/ST9sA4N3ZL+rNjOfiJHJyHwGKlI6rtBbirDCy9qbLYbBiduAYz1bAMZmC4 +ztbxionIZ5TIgDgUI3UIz0qBWTFqaHS2ss7F1XTmkV7Mglczai5XtYhaXfjonSjD +kPZrOLeIvuz5JZCjEI5ifaexR2QYkzhGVemffNDSE9HZh+x57UO8O4FNdFBREjSn +EEB0lDx4FQaG586lJWbNg4AARFjXsvVttkU3V/VgmoypUVACSENeWArvEAyv8LJv +Q1VajkTPkg/1auG727MP83qiMfCqm4UWMeJh3V1iYyhBdssIoqxpYHTfaLOV/7cs +=WgWw +-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- diff --git a/articles/complaining/HTML.html b/articles/complaining/HTML.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7cca53f --- /dev/null +++ b/articles/complaining/HTML.html @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +

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).

    2. +

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

    3. +

  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. +

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

    5. +

  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.

    6. +
+ +

My email client cannot write messages in plaintext!

+ +

Are you sure? Debian wiki 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 also includes instructions for many webmails about writing in plaintext.

diff --git a/HTML.html.md b/articles/complaining/HTML.html.md similarity index 100% rename from HTML.html.md rename to articles/complaining/HTML.html.md diff --git a/articles/complaining/topposting.html b/articles/complaining/topposting.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..86c142d --- /dev/null +++ b/articles/complaining/topposting.html @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +Top-posting +=========== + +What is top-posting? +-------------------- + +Top posting is replying before the text which you are replying to (and which is usually automatically quoted by your email client). + +This example from [Debian wiki](https://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser#What_is_top-posting_.28and_why_shouldn.27t_I_do_it.29.3F) answers to both, this and next question. + + A: Because it messes up the way you read + Q: Why is top-posting bad? + A: Writing your answer before the question + Q: What is top-posting? + +Why is it bad? +-------------- + +See the answer to the previous question. It explains everything. + +Rules +----- + +At least [Debian mailing lists](http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct) and [Ubuntu mailing lists](http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/mailinglists) forbid top-posting in their guidelines. In my opinion other mailing lists should do this too. diff --git a/topposting b/topposting new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f049495 --- /dev/null +++ b/topposting @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +