Plain text please ! (Was: Re: [boost] Re: build system?)

From: Valentin Bonnard (Bonnard.V_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-07-26 12:33:40

Paul A. Bristow wrote:

> Personally I would prefer NOT to receive HTML messages.
> 
> Causes annoying attempt to connect and worries about viruses,
> and isn't that much clearer.
> 
> If formatting is essential, Rich Text Format .rtf which is macro free is OK,
> but not everyone can easily read it.

(It isn't the HTML which contains viruses/worms/bombs, it's 
the Java.* code. Never mind.)

And no, RTF is not fine. Do *not* send RTF.

(In my Boost settings, I have choosed to receive plain text 
messages, not HTML, but still I sometimes get HTML messages.)

-- 
Valentin Bonnard