Re: Plain text vs HTML mail

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Thomas T(dot) Veldhouse" <veldy(at)veldy(dot)net>
Cc: "tamsin" <tg_mail(at)bryncadfan(dot)co(dot)uk>, "PostgreSQL-general" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Plain text vs HTML mail
Date: 2001-06-29 18:01:41
Message-ID: 14562.993837701@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy(at)veldy(dot)net> writes:
> PS There is a lot of HTML email on this list. Is this generally considere=
> d good? Or should I convert my replies to text?

This is generally considered evil. Plain text messages are preferred.

HTML is harder to quote when replying, and the variants that send both
HTML and plain text bloat the archives far more than necessary.

regards, tom lane

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