[Gimp-user] GimpShop list

[John R. Culleton]

On Thursday 12 July 2007 19:13, Chris Mohler wrote:
> On 7/12/07, John R. Culleton <john at wexfordpress.com> wrote:
> > Anyone can set up a list at yahoogroups.  I see some with three
> > members. The owner of the list can set the rules, allow anyone to
> > join or requre preapproval, prescreen or not prescreen posts, set
> > up assistant moderators and so on. I am the lead moderator on
> > self-publishing at yahoogroups.com I have two essentially coequal
> > co-moderators. The owner of the list is SPAN.
> >
> > It is a comprehensive service and it is free. It isn't perfect
> > but what is?
>
> Yahoo Group messages are nastily formatted HTML.  I hear the Google
> Groups has added mailing lists  -- I wonder if that's any better?
>
On self-publishing at yahoogroups.com we ask for plain text. I can't 
remember if we set a parameter to insist on that.  I know that the 
messages I clear are all in plain text. So your statement doesn't 
apply in our case at least. I see HTML on a few other lists but those 
senders get yelled at. 

HTML has no place in email IMO. If the mail is not from one of my 
mailing lists or from a designated client I have a filter that sends 
HTML bearing mail to a special folder. 98% of such mail is SPAM. I 
delete based on subject line. 


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