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RE: re. problem report: gawk 3.1.1
- From: "Zieg, Mark" <mark dot zieg at lmco dot com>
- To: "'cygwin at cygwin dot com'" <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 10:29:25 -0400
- Subject: RE: re. problem report: gawk 3.1.1
> From: Nicholas Wourms [mailto:nwourms@yahoo.com]
>
> > Also, sending mail to mailing lists in HTML format is generally
> > considered impolite.
>
> I completely agree! It is totally unacceptable to send messages with
> animated crap in it to the list.
Fortunately, receiver-side solutions exist for those who prefer not to
receive such things (man procmail). I think it's generally preferable to
let people choose what they wish to read, rather than restrict what others
are allowed to write.
#===========================
# convert HTML-only messages
#===========================
:0 fbw
* ^Content-Type: text/html
| /usr/local/bin/lynx --force-html --dump /dev/stdin
:0 fhw
* ^Content-Type: text/html
| formail -i "Content-type: text/plain"
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