mail client evilness, was Re: architectural diversity, gcc - Re: C compilers and non-ASCII systems
1 Feb
2012
1 Feb
'12
4:27 p.m.
The problem with format=flowed, is that it just
doesn't work well with
older mail clients.
It doesn't work particularly well for anyone reading the mailing list archive
via the web interface either. However, I can't tell whether the correct header
is present or not in the affected messages as the web interface does not
reveal the headers.
(It works fine if reading messages in VMS mail, until an attempt to reply is
made and everything turns out to be on one line...)
Regards,
Peter Coghlan.
2 Feb
2 Feb
1:35 p.m.
> The problem with format=flowed, is that it just
doesn't work well with
> older mail clients.
On Thu, 2 Feb 2012, Peter Coghlan wrote:
It doesn't work particularly well for anyone
reading the mailing list archive
via the web interface either. However, I can't tell whether the correct header
is present or not in the affected messages as the web interface does not
reveal the headers.
(It works fine if reading messages in VMS mail, until an attempt to reply is
made and everything turns out to be on one line...)
In general, it doesn't play well with others.
It works fine with the SAME mail client for receiving as sending.
That results in it getting widely adopted by people who are unaware
and in denial of diversity, and can't comprehend that not
everybody uses the exact same thing that they do.
("But, EVERYBODY uses . . . ")
4:27 p.m.
On 2/2/2012 2:35 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
Windows gripe of the day. Some day I'll see if I can
get BSD to work on this box.
Ben.
That results in it getting widely adopted by people
who are unaware
and in denial of diversity, and can't comprehend that not
everybody uses the exact same thing that they do.
("But, EVERYBODY uses . . . ")
But how?? I have their latest version of Windows Firefox and as yet I
can't figure
how to get the text to print correctly compared what it shows on the screen.
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