[Milsurplus] Stinking 'bot

[rhogan3 at comcast.net]

John,

The other reason for text only format is that most spam shows up as html format. The list is open and joining has no verificiations. We'd start getting spammers joining and bombarding us with junk email, like some of the other lists that I frequent. Easy enough to set text format on outbound emails.

Ralph W4XE
milsurplus list admin

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From: D C *Mac* Macdonald <k2gkk at hotmail.com> 

> 
> 
> The owner of the mailman.qth.net site prohits 
> HTML on ALL lists on that server. I don't know 
> why it sends its messages in HTML; a bit of a 
> contradiction, for sure. 
> 
> I wish my hotmail offered an option to set my 
> replies to AASCI plain text as a default. I can 
> select "plain text" but it is definitely a nuisance 
> to try to remember which lists allow and which 
> prohibit HTML. 
> 
> The reason for the prohibition of HTML is simply 
> due to the fact that HTML takes so much more 
> space for any given message than does straight 
> plain text. It is my understanding from comments 
> by the service owner that ALL of the lists and 
> "homepages" on his server would be slowed to 
> an absolute snail's pace if HTML and attachments 
> were allowed. 
> 
> 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5 
> Oklahoma City, OK 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:53:59 -0400 
> > From: jfor at quik.com 
> > To: Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net 
> > CC: 
> > Subject: [Milsurplus] Stinking 'bot 
> > 
> > Can anyone change the settings on the 'bot that serves this list. On 
> > most other QTH lists, the 'bot is smart enough to take any incoming 
> > message in HTML and strip attachments, then reflect it back to the 
> > subscribers. 
> > 
> > On this list, the 'bot bounces HTML, them proceeds to send out messages 
> > in HTML, so if you reply to a post, the post gets bounced. 
> > 
> > Please fix it, if you can. 
> > 
> > Thanks, 
> > -John 
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