Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 08:55:40 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: "Wu Jie" <wujie@MAILHOST.NET> Cc: <grog@lemis.com>, <isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Web Page Restrictions Message-ID: <199711251555.IAA27265@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <01bcf97d$4a946a40$49588a0a@wujie.bj.ciet.cn.net> References: <01bcf97d$4a946a40$49588a0a@wujie.bj.ciet.cn.net>
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> Unfortunately, you are wrong again. Unfortunately for you, he's right. If you want help, format your mail so that it can be seen by people who answer your questions. That means text-terminals with under 80 chars, like the email you just sent. > You know why you saw some odd characters > last time in my email? No odd characters, just no line-breaks. (others have HTML attachments that add nothing, since it's a repeat of what the text says with no other function, wasting space.) > It's not because the **broken configuration** of my **broken mailer**, it's > only because the default character set of my OutLook Express is not English. Uhh, so what? If you send email in another language, that's fine with me. But, you'll only get responses from someone who reads that language. Most terminals can read 8-bit text nowadays (FreeBSD is capable) if their LOCALE is setup. > Although I prefer FreeBSD and don't like Micro$oft, but OutLook Express is > ok, why not use it? Don't be so biased and cranky. Don't be so stubborn and follow the rules. > It's the world of web now, people get used to hypertext non-line-break > style, what makes you deep immersed in the old command-line-break world? Because "that's the rules". If you want to send email over the internet to non-M$ machines, then you gotta follow the rules. In the same manner, if Unix people want email to be read by M$ users, they have to use short sentences with small words so that they can be read, and not too long since it may crashe their mailer if it's too long. :( If you want help from people who give it away for free, then make it easier for them to give it. Nate
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