HTML not so evil

[Jerry Feldman]

On Friday 15 October 2004 10:48 am, Bob Gorman wrote:
> At 01:52 PM 10/14/2004, sweetser at theworld.com wrote:
> >When I get html, I have a bash script written by someone else that
> > strips out all the tags and tosses the numbered URLs at the end.  ... 
> > HTML isn't such a problem if it gets tossed away, keeping only the
> > useful stuff.
>
> What, take personal responsibility for your own desires?  Wouldn't it be
> more fun to force your opinions on others? ;-)
I tend to prefer to strip HTML for the listservs for listserv management 
reasons. Most of the BLU listservs use a MIME stripper that strips off all 
attachments. When we move to the new server, we will use Mailman's content 
filtering. For this list, we may either turn the filtering off, or just 
allow for digital signatures. On the other lists, we have people that send 
documents, and other junk including viruses. 

But for my own personal uses, I don't strip HTML because some email that I 
do get really needs to be presented as HTML. 
-- 
Jerry Feldman <gerald.feldman at hp.com>
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