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Re: Fw: Classifieds2000 found 5 computers
On Tue, 7 Apr 98 11:39:53 EDT, Robert Dewar wrote:
><< If the sender *chooses* to send it in a form that fewer people can read,
>that's his choice. He should do so knowing in advance that it won't be
>universally readable, but that shouldn't prevent him from sending it.
>
> It certainly doesn't impose the bandwidth issues that sending a binary
>does, so it should not be an issue that gets anyone excited. Can't see it?
> Delete it. Obviously the sender didn't care enough about you to send it
>in a plain text form. It was his mistake (unless he weighed the
>alternatives and felt sending with fancy formatting was necessary).
>>>
>
>Well sure it is the sender's choice, but it is annoying to readers. This
>mailing list is *just* worth being on for me, but it is marginal. If a lot
>of messages started appearing in junk formats like this, I would get off
>it. Of course that's probably reasonable anyway. Maybe I will at this stage
>anyway.
>
If I get more junk messages, I will bounce them back to the sender, and I don't
care what flames I get (and that's ALL recipients).
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