- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 17:56:27 +0200
- To: Glenn Maynard <glenn@zewt.org>
- CC: Arthur Barstow <art.barstow@nokia.com>, public-webapps <public-webapps@w3.org>
On 2012-05-29 16:53, Glenn Maynard wrote: > On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 9:22 AM, Arthur Barstow <art.barstow@nokia.com > <mailto:art.barstow@nokia.com>> wrote: > > * Messages should be encoded usingplain text > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain_text> > > > No, messages should have a plaintext *version* (MIME alternative). It's > common and useful to use HTML messages, especially when posting about > actual spec text, where being able to use italics and bold is extremely > useful. This is quite a relic; I havn't heard anyone make the "emails > should only be in plain text" claim in a decade or so. Emails should only be in plain text. > ... > It's good to avoid top-posting, but unfortunately in the real world it's > often just not possible: editing quotes for inline posting on a mobile > device is more or less impossible. > ... Then maybe one should wait with replying until a proper mail client is available :-)- > ... Best regards, Julian
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