[Premium-Rx] Something to know about QTH Lists - Please Read

[Jan Skirrow]

QTH.NET requires - so far as I know - that posts be sent to it in plain 
text - not HTML. The old server was setup to accept either, which was my 
preference (given the size of our list) and caused the least difficulty 
for subscribers. But that can't happen here.

So - if you have a problem posting as a result of this, you should 
receive an explanation from the QTH server.

You need to set your email client to send posts to the list in plain 
text. In the client I use (Thunderbird) you simply go to Tools - Options 
- Composition - Send Options - Plain Text Domains, and enter 
mailman.qth.net in the box. This will apply to any of the QTH.NET lists 
and has no effect on how you prefer to send email to others. You can 
continue to use HTML in your posts, but if it goes to QTH.NET it will be 
sent as plain text.

I have no idea if other email clients have such a nice fix - but if you 
do know, please let the list know.

This is simply a cost issue for QTH. They process enormous volumes of 
email. Sticking to plain text substantially reduces the bandwidth used, 
and thus cost. This wasn't a problem with our old list, but would have 
become one fairly soon, as the list numbers were about to trigger a 
higher charge due to increased bandwidth.

Thanks

Jan