Yes, the Drupal mailman plugin will allow for mail to be sent HTML only, and the user can specify this. There is a great deal that can be done with Drupal/mailman that we are not doing, including automatic schedule announcements and promotions integrated with the user features or just allowed via user event registration. http://www.Obnosis.com | (503)754-4452 http://l0calh0st.obnosis.com | http://wiki.obnosis.com | http://hackfest.obnosis.com | http://nuke.obnosis.com PLUG HACKFESTS - http://uat.edu Second Saturday Every Month@Noon - 3PM > Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 13:23:31 -0700 > From: technomage.hawke@gmail.com > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > Subject: Re: OT: HTML Emails -- Re: Other than frys where would you get server hardware > > There are, in fact, a few of us (like me) who use text only readers for > various reasons (such as visual impairment) and html formatted messages > are definitely the bane of out existence. > > its been proper etiquette on the internet since its inception that mail > usually is plain text and if you wish to send media (pictures, etc) that > its attached (in mime printable form). this may seem archaic, but it > generally works out well for most of us. > > now my client here can read html formatted messages, but the speech > device will not read me the output, instead it will read the underlying > source of the text (which gets noisy, frustrating, and tends to have me > filter such without even reading it) > > I, for one, have a problem with such mails and tend to filter them into > the junk box. if anything important gets in there, its gone (if its > really important, the sender will have sent as plain text with an html > attachment . this way, I can still read it and those with > extra features can use the html to their own contentment). > > sorry of I may seem a bit terse toward those using html formatted text > messages, but you folks should be aware there are almost 30 million > others like me and we would rather not have our lives made any harder > than it already is. > > JD Austin wrote: > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 12:54 AM, Nathan England > > > wrote: > > > > On Wednesday 28 January 2009 11:49:48 Patrick Jacques wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Is there a way for mailman or whatever the mail list manager is to > > wipe out > > html messages and only send the plain text? > > > > Or better yet, is there a way for my procmail to do it? > > > > nathan > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > I never have understood why some people have an issue with html mail; > > unless you view mail on a teletype machine you can choose how it is > > displayed. Most modern mail clients have an option to view the text > > version of the email instead of html. In Thunderbird it is in view > > -> message body as plain text. > > > > -- > > JD Austin > > Twin Geckos Technology Services LLC > > jd@twingeckos.com > > 480.288.8195x201 > > http://www.twingeckos.com > > > > > > Bill Cosby - "A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid > > ones that need the advice." > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™ Hotmail®:…more than just e-mail. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_hm_justgotbetter_explore_012009