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Re: what is wrong with d.clear()?

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Thank you for answering my query.

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Regards,
Shawool

On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 3:55 PM, Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote:

> On Tue, 23 Dec 2014 13:33:53 +1100, Steven D'Aprano
> <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
>
> >Dave Angel wrote:
> >
> >> Or even better:  Don't use html email for forum messages.  It frequently
> >> messes up the colors, the font, the formatting (like indentation), or
> >> even prevents some people from even seeing and/or replying to the
> >> message.  Put the email program in text mode, and just send what you
> >> want people to see.
> >
> >
> >I agree, but alas the horse has bolted and the idiots have taken over.
> >
> >We cannot stop the great mass of people sending HTML mail, but there is no
> >reason why we have to *read* HTML email. Even today, most mail clients
> will
> >send a plain text part that contains the same content as the HTML part,
> and
> >any decent mail client can be set to prefer the plain text part in
> >preference to rendering the HTML.
> >
> >For those few cases where there is no plain text part[1], the better mail
> >clients (such as mutt) will include an option to dump the raw HTML to
> plain
> >text, minus all the tags.
> >
> >Last but not least, for the *vanishingly small* number of cases that has
> no
> >plain text part, and the formatting of the text dump is unreadable, or
> >where the formatting of the HTML is actually essential to understanding
> the
> >post, then you have a choice of pressing Delete on the message or
> rendering
> >the HTML. But rendering HTML should never be the default.
>
> I had a message, discussed in another NG, inviting me to look at someone's
> family tree on the web. It had no plain text version, and when I clicked on
> the relevant link, it crashed my mail reader.
>
> When I right-clicked on the link and tried to copy the URL to paste ibnto
> the
> address line of my web browser, it led to a "file not found" page.
>
> The HTML was enormously complex, and all they were supposed to be sending
> was
> a simple link.
>
> >[1] Or worse, one of those shitty messages that include a plain text part
> >that says "Your mail program cannot read this email. Please upgrade to a
> >better mail program."
>
> I usually reply to those saying "So why did you send it to me?"
>
> I suspect that in most cases the senders do not know that that is what
> their
> mail program is sending, and do it to let them know that their mesdsage
> could
> not be read.
>
>
> --
> Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
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what is wrong with d.clear()? shawool <shawool@gmail.com> - 2014-12-21 12:58 +0530
  Re: what is wrong with d.clear()? sohcahtoa82@gmail.com - 2014-12-22 10:15 -0800
    Re: what is wrong with d.clear()? Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2014-12-22 12:54 -0800
      Re: what is wrong with d.clear()? sohcahtoa82@gmail.com - 2014-12-22 13:19 -0800
        Re: what is wrong with d.clear()? Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-12-22 16:59 -0500
          Re: what is wrong with d.clear()? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-12-23 13:33 +1100
            Re: what is wrong with d.clear()? Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-12-22 22:18 -0500
            Re: what is wrong with d.clear()? Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2014-12-23 12:25 +0200
              Re: what is wrong with d.clear()? shawool <shawool@gmail.com> - 2014-12-23 18:29 +0530
                Re: what is wrong with d.clear()? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-12-24 04:21 -0800
                Re: what is wrong with d.clear()? shawool <shawool@gmail.com> - 2014-12-24 20:53 +0530
                Re: what is wrong with d.clear()? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-12-24 07:51 -0800
                Re: what is wrong with d.clear()? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-12-25 21:38 -0700
              Re: what is wrong with d.clear()? Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-12-23 15:15 -0500
                Re: what is wrong with d.clear()? alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2014-12-23 21:08 +0000
                Sending plain text messages (was: what is wrong with d.clear()?) Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-12-24 08:31 +1100
                Re: Sending plain text messages (was: what is wrong with d.clear()?) alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2014-12-23 22:15 +0000
                Re: Sending plain text messages (was: what is wrong with d.clear()?) Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-12-24 13:23 +1100
                Re: Sending plain text messages (was: what is wrong with d.clear()?) alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2014-12-24 11:42 +0000
                Re: what is wrong with d.clear()? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-12-24 09:31 +1100
                Re: what is wrong with d.clear()? alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2014-12-23 22:38 +0000
                Re: what is wrong with d.clear()? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-12-24 09:44 +1100
              Sending plain text messages (was: what is wrong with d.clear()?) Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-12-24 08:08 +1100
              [OT]Re: what is wrong with d.clear()? m <mvoicem@gmail.com> - 2015-03-06 00:05 +0100
      Re: what is wrong with d.clear()? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2015-03-05 16:34 -0500
    Re: what is wrong with d.clear()? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-12-23 13:27 +1100

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