On Thu, Jul 04, 2024 at 19:09:47 +0800, jeremy ardley wrote: > Unless there is a compelling reason to accept mixed format ( HTML ) I can't > see why the list can't filter submissions to text only - which is the list > policy anyway - and by doing so provide education to users about what the > list format is.
That would be a drastic change. The main purpose of debian-user, as I see it, is to offer help to Debian users who need it. As such, the posting etiquette expectations need to be lowered a bit for this list. Users who need help may have lower technical proficiency than one would expect on, say, a Debian developers' list. As long as people are not intentionally being rude about it, I'd give them the benefit of the doubt. "Richard", for example, seemed to be unaware that the HTML parts of his multipart messages were being sent with the font size set to "small". Now that he knows about it, he might be able to get that taken care of. Lots of other people may be facing similar technological challenges, and yet they may still be capable of contributing to the discussion.
