Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:12:33 -0500
From: "Mike B." <omni at omniphile.com>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Yet another HTML reminder
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

Could have been me.  Sometimes I reply to messages that are posted to
this list as well as the WSFA "official" list on Yahoo.  Sometimes
messages posted there are HTML-containing.  I try to keep the replies
plain-text, but it's possible I slipped up.

-- Mike B.

Keith F. Lynch wrote:
> One of you attempted to send an HTML message to this list four days
> ago, and another one of you attempted to do so today.  Neither person
> appears to have noticed that their message didn't go through.
>
> As I've mentioned before, HTML messages and messages with attachments
> cannot be posted to the list, for several reasons, including the fact
> that they can convey viruses and web bugs, which can reveal your
> private information to others.  If your mailer defaults to sending
> HTML, please see http://www.expita.com/nomime.html for instructions
> on how to turn it off.  I suggest you turn it off for everyone, since
> more and more people are deleting all such email unread.  (The August
> 2003 Consumer Reports magazine is one of many sources that recommends
> deleting HTML email unread to cut down on spam.)
>