OT- How to solve replying in HTML problem in Outlook Express

From: D. Peschel <dpeschel_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Tue Jan 19 05:34:26 1999

> I'm not shure if derek has the aprobiate configuration privileges,
> but basicly it should be possible to use a small script (or programm)
> to strip all HTML tags from all mails processsed thru the list processor.

Well, I could set up the list like this:

        - I can approve/discard any message

        - I can alter any message (as opposed to approving it unaltered)

And then my script could alter messages automatically.

However, I don't think that's a good idea. The junk resulting from
stripping the HTML tags would be worse than the HTML itself.

It might be a better idea to reject HTML messages. I've been tempted to do
that... I think the problem of HTML messages is much worse than the problem
of off-topic discussions, in fact. But is it possible that some members
might not be able to reconfigure their mailers for plain text? (I'm not
saying they might not know how, I'm saying they might not be able to do it
no matter how much they want to or how smart they are.)

-- Derek
Received on Tue Jan 19 1999 - 05:34:26 GMT