RE: [ECOS] RedBoot + Configuration tool 2.11 question

["Gregg C Levine" <hansolofalcon at worldnet dot att dot net>]

Hello again from Gregg C Levine
Okay. That's what I missed. Thanks. 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Larmour [mailto:jifl@eCosCentric.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 8:36 PM
> To: Gregg C Levine
> Cc: 'eCos Discussion'
> Subject: Re: [ECOS] RedBoot + Configuration tool 2.11 question
> 
> I had written:
>  >>
>  >>[ Note HTML is normally rejected by the ecos-discuss list as it
is a
>  >>reasonably good indicator of spam in general, as well as being
>  >>incompatible with many mail readers ]
> Gregg C Levine wrote:
> > Not really relevant to the subject, but its attached to the
> > declaration. Jonathan, I missed the meaning behind that blurb in
the
> > square brackets. What are you referring to?
> 
> It means that in an attempt to reduce spam that passes through this
list
> we take various approaches to reduce it. You'll notice that very
little
> spam passes through the list. One of the reasons is measures like
this
> where all HTML mail is filtered (at least, last I looked it was).
> 
> This may affect a few posters initially, but most MUAs can be set up
to
> post in plaintext to individual addresses, although to be honest
it's more
> sociable to default to text anyway unless you know the recipient
uses an
> HTML capable mailer. And that's another incidental benefit of this:
that
> users not wishing to use HTML mailers don't get disenfranchised.
> 
> I can't imagine any reason why HTML would improve things on the eCos
list.
> 
> Jifl
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