Re: Posting netiquette: HTML, attachments etc.

From: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2022 06:38:40 UTC
On 26/06/2022 04:12, Pau Amma wrote:
> Lists trimmed to questions@ on account of "No posting should be made 
> to more than 2 mailing lists, and only to 2 when a clear and obvious 
> need to post to both lists exists." 

Thanks, good point.

(I had already dropped /postmaster/ from the list of recipients.)


> (https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/eresources/#eresources-mail 
> section C.2.3).

Here's the hidden anchor: 
<https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/eresources/#eresources-charters> 
(thanks to Display #Anchors 
<https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/display-_anchors/>).


> On 2022-06-25 16:01, Graham Perrin wrote:
>> On 23/06/2022 09:14, grarpamp wrote:
>>> …
>>>
>>> The pages ...
>>>
>>> https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/eresources/#eresources-mail 
>>> …
>>
>> FreeBSD bug 264754 – FreeBSD Handbook: Appendix C: updates and
>> corrections <https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=264754>
>>
>> I'm glad that HTML is supported.
>>
>> Also, I want support for things such as PNG.
>
> Hard disagree. Even with stern "no undescribed pictures" language in 
> the charter, description quality would vary wildly (including no 
> descriptions), and missing or bad descriptions would only get 
> half-hearted, after-the-fact enforcement, which combine to make it a 
> horrible idea, accessibility-wise.

I, too, want accessibility.

Prevention of images, /troublesome/ narrowness through wrapping 
<https://docs.freebsd.org/en/articles/mailing-list-faq/#_what_is_considered_proper_etiquette_when_posting_to_the_mailing_lists>, 
and /supposed/ stripping of HTML 
<https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/eresources/#eresources-mailfiltering> 
are three of the top five reasons for me *not engaging* with lists.

Here's the thing: when systems, or practices, discourage me from 
engaging, then there's:

  * nothing to access /
    /

:-)