Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 13:00:32 -0500 (EST)
From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Work account and HTML (was Re: Capclave: What do we want it to be?)
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

Samuel Lubell <lubell at cais.com> wrote:
> Apparently messages sent from my work account don't make it onto the
> list.  I'll have to talk with Keith.

Ted White <tedwhite at compusnet.com> wrote:
> I'll bet your work account uses Microsoft Outlook and the HTML
> has not been turned off.  That, or it's (less likely in a work
> environment) an AOL account running v.6 or 7.  Keith rejects all
> HTML-enriched e-mail.

Correct.  My filters trapped an HTML message from slubell at 
commworksllc.com at 4:43 pm yesterday.  This was the third time he
tried sending HTML to the list.

Barry Newton <bnewton at ashcomp.com> wrote:
> Or very possibly the work account hasn't been registered with Keith
> yet.  I think he does address-specific filtering.

Anything (other than HTML or with attachments) will be accepted for
the list if it's from one of the 122 email addresses I know go to
WSFAns.  That is one of them.  It will also be accepted if the "from"
line contains the name of anyone who has been to at least three WSFA
meetings in the past six years, or a Capclave volunteer, or a WSFA
officer in the past quarter century, or a Disclave chair ever, even
if I never heard of the email address.

I reject HTML to prevent spam, to prevent ugliness and bloat, and to
prevent viruses and worms.  Please see http://www.expita.com/nomime.html
if you can't figure out how to turn off HTML in your mailer.  It also
explains why almost everyone should do so for almost all email.
--
Keith F. Lynch - kfl at keithlynch.net - http://keithlynch.net/
I always welcome replies to my e-mail, postings, and web pages, but
unsolicited bulk e-mail (spam) is not acceptable.  Please do not send me
HTML, "rich text," or attachments, as all such email is discarded unread.