[GTALUG] HTML-only email messages on the mailing list (was Python 2 vs python 3 debate)

James Knott james.knott at rogers.com
Wed Dec 17 14:58:04 UTC 2014


On 12/17/2014 08:25 AM, Stewart C. Russell wrote:
> On 2014-12-16 11:47 PM, Blaise Alleyne wrote:
>> (No, Gmail is not sending plain text email.)
> I think that's more the problem. Gmail sometimes shows an indicator that
> it's using plain text, but then sends it with an HTML version anyway. It
> being Google, there are no reliable user settings we can control.
>
> I still occasionally use a system that transmits and receives using
> 5-bit Baudot, but I don't recommend it. The slightest bit of noise can
> shift you out of alphabetical characters into others. Plus, it has no case.
>
> cheers,
>  Stewart
>

Baudot???  I haven't seen that in decades!


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