[Buddha-l] Buddhists taking a stand against Islamaphobia

[Jo]

I simply sent the test of HTML to see what happened to it on this list. I
have no problem not being able to use all the HTML nonsense that you
fulminate about.

You may have noticed, but probably not, that I already figured out that the
list tech converts HTML to 'good' plain text. No carriage returns --aka
large spaces.  Q.E.D.

 

JK

 

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On Aug 4, 2012, at 2:18 PM, "Jo" < <mailto:jkirk at spro.net> jkirk at spro.net>
wrote:

 

> What I sent via HTML came out perfectly formatted.

 

The Buddha-l listserve strips out all HTML code and creates a plain text
message, which has no carriage returns. What makes some Buddha-l messages
ugly is that some mail programs interpret soft text wrapping in plain text
as hard carriage returns.

 

I'm probably oversimplifying or otherwise distorting how all this works, but
the main point is that if you send an HTML message expecting to see italics
or bold or other formatting, you'll be disappointed. And if your mailer does
not automatically send out a plain message along with the HTML, the message
could become garbled as Buddha-l brutally strips out HTML code.

 

Of course Buddha-l could be reconfigured to accept HTML so that people could
send nicely formatted messages with colored texts on stationary background
and embedded pictures and all kinds of other completely useless
ornamentation. If people want that, I am pretty sure it could be provided.
Just let me know your preference by writing directly to me (NOT to
Buddha-l).

 

Richard ( <mailto:rhayes at unm.edu> rhayes at unm.edu)

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