Re: Plain Text vs Html

Bolstridge, Andrew wrote:
>
>> If you are allowed to install additional software at work, I find it
>> easier to run a separate copy of thunderbird (that can connect to your
>> exchange server via imap if that's your only account) for mailling
> lists
>> than to jump back and forth between internet/corporate email styles in
>> Outlook.
>>
>
> The only option I found was to install DavMail (sf.net/projects/davmail)
> and use that to connect to exchange (it uses Outlook Web Access so
> technically its acceptable to the exchange admins - ie they don't know
> any different unless you tell them).
>
> You then set Thunderbird to connect to the davmail gateway (use POP3 in
> this instance, it's faster)
>
> Still, some people cannot even do that, so perhaps the mailing list
> should be configured to strip out html formatting instead.

If the message is multipart/mixed you can drop the html part without losing much
information but some mailers can post in html only.

I subscribe to several high-volume lists and just prefer not to have that
content mixed with my work account. If I couldn't run thunderbird, I'd probably
use web access to a free google or yahoo account for mail list access. Those
interfaces aren't great but you can coax them into working reasonably.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell_at_gmail.com
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