Re: Blank Login window fields and descriptors:

On Sun, 28 Jan 2024 15:44:04 +0100 "Carlos E. R." wrote:

On 2024-01-28 15:38, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Carlos E. R. [01-28-24 07:38]:

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On 2024-01-28 12:58, Dave Howorth wrote:

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On Sun, 28 Jan 2024 12:11:14 +0100 "Carlos E.R." <...> wrote:

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I see you are posting with Thunderbird in html. That's Ok with me, but please, improve it :-)  — the proportional font makes command output weird.

Until you posted I had not seen any HTML part. My mailer just shows the rfc822 part by default. So there's no such thing as a proportional font. The font choice is mine, not his.

So my suggestion is to use a sensible mail reader.

I use what is possibly the most popular mail client in the Linux world, Thunderbird, same as he does. But any "modern" and powerful client that renders html properly will show the same effect.

but email is text, html is like running compuserve

Even old farts like us can modernize :-P

Html is no longer blocked on all the mail lists here, you will have to adapt. You can use a client that doesn't render it and thus hide it, but it will be there nonetheless, and there will be more.

But there is the possibility of confusion (at its most polite) with HTML, since it is a separate part. I frequently receive mailshots from companies where the text and html parts say something completely different. I do not want to experience some malicious person doing that on a mailing list! And what does/can HTML bring extra to an email?