[antispam-f] Re: Translate HTML option
- From: Steven Pampling <steve.pampling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: antispam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 18:10:08 +0000 (GMT)
On 21 Dec, Dave Barnett <as10@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In a recent message Steven Pampling
> <steve.pampling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On 20 Dec, Tricia Garner <tricia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> Yes, some subscribers do send in 'pure' (ugh) HTML format
> >
> > I have a habit of sending back an e-mail with body text along the
> > lines of:
> > "Your e-mail client appears to be incapable of sending plain text
> > mail, you need to upgrade to a network standard mail client. If you
> > have a standard mail client it may be that your e-mail software is set
> > incorrectly, please check your settings are set to text to ensure that
> > your mail will always be delivered"
[Snip]
> You might also point out that HTML, if used in this way, is frequently
> a signature of spam or malware.
I think you missed the significance of the phraseology. It looks like one
of the standard messages that appear on the net when you hit a site that
your browser can't deal with properly (due to their bad code usually) or
the kind of message that appears in your mail when the dipstick mail client
is trying to push you into using html mail.
I just turn the thing around and make the implication that *their* mail
client is at fault for not being set right or not supporting the correct
mail setup. Which of course is correct.
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Steve Pampling
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