Re: Photographing at MoD Sites

Martin Underwood <news@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> "Neil Sunderland" <neil_sunderland@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message.
Snips a plenty fro previous messages.

> > Thanks to a mixture of no quote marks, and a mixture of top and bottom
> > posting, it's now *completely* unreadable.
>
> So you're reading the posting on a newsreader that can't handle HTML? I
> wonder what proportion of the public are still using text-only newsreaders?

Probably the majority on usenet as a whole still have text only readers.
This group has many Windows users so may be populated more by OE users,
but thankfully nearly everyone does have a clue, and conforms to usenet
standards/etiquette, which usually means text only, and bottom posting
to keep quotes in context.

> If only the world would evolve from the 20th century and permit HTML as a
> universal posting/email format, it would make life a lot easier.

Easier for who?
The news server admins who would have to double their storage space and
Newserver bandwidth?
The isp's who would be carrying twice as much usenet traffic?
Alan.
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