2010/10/7 SZABÓ Gergely <s...@subogero.com>: > Hello, > > The mailing list does not accept html email, that's fair enough. > > The real problem is, it also bounces every email with a company > disclaimer about intentions and original addressees. > > Well, the original addressee is cygwin at cygwin dot com, which is a public > mailing list, readable even from Alpha Centauri (with 4 years delay). > > This policy is OK for most FOSS projects, but Cygwin should be an > exception. I think Cygwin is used most by 3PPs within big companies > where everybody _must_ use Windows and those disclaimers are always attached > to > outgoing mail. If you are a free and sane person, attracted to unixy stuff, > you'd probably use Linux. > > Yes, I've read the posting instructions, and I know I should convince my > employer to remove the disclaimers. What chance do you think I have to > convince a 20000-employee company, where central IT is not even in my > country? They also restrict access to private email from the office. > > I know, I should leave them and/or buy a smartphone for emailing. :-) > > But my point is: the mailing list is cut off from its most important > audience. > > Best regards > Gergely
IMNSHO: Solution: Subscribe to the list and post to the list using a non-company email address. The only downside I can think of is where the management does not allow you to use non-company email or application to access a non-company email address. Ken Wolcott -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
