Subject: No Mail Formats From: no_mail_formats@ Sender: No_Mail_Formats I append http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/std/no_mail_formats.txt See Also http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/std/no_ms_format.txt See Also http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/std/no_ms.txt Reference your Mail Formats: Please send me _Just_ plain text (Ascii), No HTML NO .Doc No Quoted Printable No base64 text. Why: The Internet grew from UUCP = Unix - Unix Copy Program. Viral Monopolist Microsoft didn't exist then :-) Internet professionals used Ascii plain text, no bloated frills & gimmicks to amuse Joe Public, eg No: Quoted Printable (with words/lines ending eg =20 ), No: HTML (inc sizes, fonts, colours, & duplicates), No: Base64 Text that can hide spam phrases), No: MS.doc format with embarrassing edit histories & viruses, & inconsistent unreadable versions & bloated reading software. Internet professionals still use Ascii for technical mail, it still runs fast & light, minimal impact on server & client CPUs, mailbox sizes, & net traffic, & runs fine also on all old legacy PCs, no need of power hungry hot modern CPUs that overheat offices & waste capital cost & running cost & contribute to global warming. Old PCs can handle plain text Ascii, & be given to undeveloped world, instead of dumped on rubbish tip, But a world addicting itself to thoughtlessly emit bloated mail by default, forces recipients to handle bloat too. Microsoft, hardware vendors & marketers are those who benefit from bloat: Repeated incompatibilities, & reduced speed from bloat, encourages repeated purchases of ever more software & hardware. Bloat Size Comparison: I don't have just binary sizes listed here yet, But look at source sizes: (Unix) + nmh + exmh : 3 + 3 Meg Thunderbird (on Unix & MS) sources: 258 Meg Firefox source + binaries: 484 Meg People who send bloated mail formats advertise themselves as clueless. Why advertise one is incompetent ?! Learn to control what format your mailer software sends. Some solutions here: http://www.berklix.org/~jhs/mail/ascii.html See also: http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/std/no_html_format.txt http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/std/no_https_mail.txt http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/std/no_ms_format.txt http://www.berklix.com Computer Consultancy http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/cv/ My Resume - English & German http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/contact/ Contact - German for business also OK. http://www.berklix.com/free/ Free Software http://www.berklix.org Free Organisations & Clubs