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

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