From: ietf <ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx> on behalf of Andrew Newton <andy@xxxxxx> Sent: 23 August 2023 16:05 On Mon, Aug 21, 2023 at 3:28 AM Vasilenko Eduard <vasilenko.eduard=40huawei.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Dear IETF Police, > If you would continue to ban HTML then please do it in a more specific way: > 1. Reject the message (with sender notification). > Or > 2. Convert it to text (with some information lost). > The current way (the chair should release/reject the message manually) is for sure the worst method to ban technology, automation is very needed. > RFC on "IETF HTML banning rules" would be good to have because it is a way to have a "consensus". > I don't think outright rejecting or converting emails is a good idea. That said, we could run an experiment to see if our culture can be shaped by writing down a set of conventions for email we can ask participants to use. <tp> FYI 28 Tom Petch We could even experiment with autoresponders that remind users to use those conventions if they send email in contravention of them. -andy
