[mythtv-users] Mind your P's & Q's!

[aaron mcewan]

Darrin wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 2:54 AM, VCRAddict
> <MythTV_01 at appropriate-tech.net>  wrote:
>    
>> Folks --
>>
>> I didn't think I'd have to be the one to do this; but I have apparently
>> been unsuccessful in persuading the list owner/moderator to post this
>> reminder -- and there is absolutely no question but that it is *sorely*
>> needed.
>>
>> Please refer to<http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List_etiquette>.
>>
>> Note the very FIRST rule of Mailing List Etiquette shown there:
>>
>>                     Post in plain text
>>
>> Seems simple enough, doesn't it?  And it is indeed The First Rule of
>> Mailing List Etiquette, in more than just a tabular sense.
>>      
>
> ...etc
>
> My local linux user group has had various flame wars over these
> topics.  The best way to deal with the issue turns out to just let
> people be people and let them post the way they want.  Just because
> you and I have been around since the early days of the internet does
> not mean that we should impose a restriction on progress because it
> just happens to be what we are used to.
>
> I don't like HTML formatted posts any more than the next guy, but
> there are a lot of people out there that have no idea whether or not
> their mail client is composing HTML ... and for the most part, they
> aren't interested in learning the intricacies of their mail client. I
> would rather help them with a problem than complain about the format
> of their posts, imho.
>    
...etc

considered making a filter to trim off the html when it is received by 
the server?
i have never looked into doing this so i have no idea of viability...