HOWTO: Plain text e-mail - Thunderbird

[Gilles Gravier]

Hi, Amedee,

On 05/01/2010 09:58, Amedee Van Gasse (ub) wrote:
> On Tue, January 5, 2010 01:34, Steve Reilly wrote:
>   
>>   i didnt post in html too did i???  checked header and it said text
>> plain but sometimes one squeaks by me when i try and forward a non list
>> html picture laden mail from "non list" people.
>>     
> I see that you use Thunderbird. You can tell it that email to this email
> address should always be in plain text, and it will automagically strip
> all formatting for you.
>
> http://kb.mozillazine.org/Plain_text_e-mail_%28Thunderbird%2

It can indeed be nicely automated. Just add "lists.ubuntu.com" to the
plain text domains. Which I do.

On the other hand... the Mailing Lists Etiquette seems to have softened
its stance on HTML messages.

Looking at the "HTML Mail" of :
http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/mailinglists/etiquette

It states : "Avoid sending emails in HTML format, if possible." so...
it's a best effort position now, rather than a "DO NOT". :)

/me ducks

Gilles.