On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 10:11 AM Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 02, 2018 at 12:55:12PM +0200, Igor Gnatenko wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 12:50 PM Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski < > > dominik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > Dear developers, > > > > > > > Hello, Dominik ;) > > > > sorry for a slightly off-topic post, but I've noticed that a significant > > > number of posters is sending HTML e-mail to this list (not to mention > > > top-replying), which generates unnecessary network traffic. Some people > > > pay for every bit downloaded, so they're paying for the same information > > > twice, because the e-mails are sent with multipart/alternative format, > > > which contains BOTH text/plain and text/html. One thing I noticed those > > > senders have in common is that they use Gmail. > > > > > > So, a plea to Gmail users: please stop sending HTML e-mail to Fedora > > > mailing lists. > > > > > > > I'm sending you this HTML email because Google dropped possibility to send > > plaintext emails. Sorry =( It seems to randomly change the settings over time, however there's a way to do so, in the bottom corner of the reply textfield, next to trash icon, there's a menu. If you click on that you will have access to the "plain text mode" option. > At least it's sending a proper text/plain alternative. > > I've seen far worse, such as corporate mail systems that send a snotty > message along the lines of "install an HTML-capable email reader" as > the text alternative. Clue for those developers: If your software is > too stupid to create a text alternative, don't send one at all. Well, yeah, but some people don't really have a choice and it would be unfair to ask them not to contribute because we don't like HTML mailers (which is a problem, I agree, but shouldn't be discriminatory). <returning-to-the-cave> Cheers, Mario </returning-to-the-cave> -- Mario Torre Associate Manager, Software Engineering Red Hat GmbH <https://www.redhat.com> 9704 A60C B4BE A8B8 0F30 9205 5D7E 4952 3F65 7898 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
