In general, unless a listserv, such as ffmpeg's, requires it, I only send HTML email. Please do not request plaintext personal email from me without a very good reason to do so. I do this as very few free software folks of any competence in our community insist on it. HTML email: *     allows for certain W3C standard certain accessibility features; *     certain global scripts to be interchanged; and *     allows Deaf people to interchange embedded video and SignWriting. Plain email policies may have been relevant during the earlier days of the Internet, where simplicity was valued over accessibility or usability. But the technology landscape has evolved. And let us not assume that in allowing HTML email we must allow remote content, or even embedded eccentric furry signatures like my default attachment. Filtering is more than OK, it's essential on a listserv. Maintaining the æsthetic of plaintext email is not worth the effort. I hope you will consider joining me in relaxing policies forbidding HTML email, perhaps starting discussions in listservs with outdated policies. If my emails annoy you, consider contributing to the email software you use to strengthen its ability to handle HTML email. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Best, Fred Brennan| | |[[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]]| |[[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] | GnuPG: |98F2 8F76 7470 129F BE3B 054C E215 4DD1 A1C7 7B8B| Twitter: @fr_brennan Personal website