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RE: HTML email

2000-05-19 07:30:02
Perhaps you could clarify for us, who falls into which category?

-Scot Mc Pherson, N2UPA
-Sr. Network Analyst
-ClearAccess Communications
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-----Original Message-----
From: Valdis(_dot_)Kletnieks(_at_)vt(_dot_)edu 
[mailto:Valdis(_dot_)Kletnieks(_at_)vt(_dot_)edu]
Sent: Friday, May 19, 2000 10:12 AM
To: Bruce Campbell
Cc: ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
Subject: Re: HTML email


On Fri, 19 May 2000 13:51:35 +1000, Bruce Campbell
<bruce(_dot_)campbell(_at_)apnic(_dot_)net>  said:
Just a quick survey on the last 513 messages seen in the IETF list, based
on X-Mailer header:

      29 exmh

OK, let's make it 30 for exmh ;)

But seriously, there's a big disparity between counting the messages
*posted*
and the MUAs being used to *READ* the messages.  I'm willing to bet that the
traditional posters, the professional lurkers, and the newbies are three
disjoint groups, with quite possibly different expectations regarding mail
software.

I'm willing to bet that the newbies don't know what hit them, the
traditional
posters are savvy enough to deal with anything, and the complaints are
mostly coming from the lurkers....

--
                                Valdis Kletnieks
                                Operating Systems Analyst
                                Virginia Tech



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