> From: ellis@xxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: plain text only policy prohibits the use of android based mobile > To: git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 16:22:24 -0700 > > > if the client is sending out multipart mail with both a HTML and a text > > portion, then having the list accept the text portion and strip the HTML > > portion off seems like a reasonable request. > > Reasonable, or no, it would involve changes in the way vger > handles the mailing lists and that is very unlikely to happen. > These lists have a long tradition of being plain text and there > is also a long tradition of not changing how things work just > because somebody comes along with a broken client. IMNSHO changing > the list to fix a broken client will only serve to encourage > more broken clients. And that would not be a Good Thing. > I'm afraid I must concur. Whilst people are free to use whatever clients they wish, if vger opens the gates now, you'll have people thinking that if they whine enough, they can get their broken client supported. Unnecessary work; and it would encourage broken clients. () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html