Subject: No Mail Formats
From: no_mail_formats@
Sender: No_Mail_Formats

	I append	http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/std/no_mail_formats.txt
	See Also	http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/std/no_ms_format.txt
	See Also	http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/std/no_ms.txt

Reference your Mail Formats:

Please send me _Just_ plain (Ascii) Text, 
	No HTML
	NO .DOc
	No Quoted Printable
	No base64 text.

The Internet grew from UUCP = Unix - Unix Copy Program.  Viral
Monopolist Microsoft didnt exist then :-)  Internet professionals
used Ascii plain text, no bloated frills & gimmicks to amuse Joe Public, eg 
	No: Quoted Printable (with words/lines ending eg =20 ), 
	No: HTML (inc sizes, fonts, colours, & duplicates),
	No: Base64 Text that can hide spam phrases), 
	No: MS.doc format with embarassing edit histories & viruses, &
                inconsistent unreadabale versions & bloated reading software.

Internet professionals still use Ascii for technical mail, it still
runs fast & light, minimal impact on server & client CPUs, mailbox
sizes, & net traffic, & runs fine also on all old legacy PCs, no
need of power hungry hot modern CPUs that overheat offices & waste
capital cost & running cost & contribute to global warming.

Old PCs can be given to undeveloped world, instead of rubbish tip, if 
handling Ascii, but a world addicting itself to thoughtlessly
emit bloated mail by default, forces recipients to handle bloat too.

Microsoft, vendors & marketers are those who benefit from bloat: 
Repeated incompatibilities, & reduced speed from bloat, encourages
repeated purchases of ever more software & hardware. 

Bloat Size Comparison:
        I dont have just binary sizes listed here yet, 
        But look at source sizes: 
                Unix + nmh + exmh : 3 + 3 Meg
                Thunderbird (for Unix & MS) sources: 258 Meg
                Firefox source + binaries: 484 Meg

People who send bloated mail formats advertise themselves as clueless.
No need to advertise incompetence.:
Learn to control what format your mailer software sends. Some solutions here:
	http://www.berklix.org/~jhs/mail/ascii.html

See also:
	http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/std/no_html_format.txt
	http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/std/no_https_mail.txt
	http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/std/no_ms_format.txt
	http://asciiribbon.org