[FFML] Question about how to keep the text as is after submitted

[Amberion]

I lurk for the most part, and haven't posted, well, in years. I thought I'd 
put my two cents in here and point out that by allowing HTML, we would 
potentially leave ourselves open to virii and malware. I believe things 
should be left as-is.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rebecca Heineman" <burgerbecky7 at yahoo.com>
To: "The Fanfiction Mailing List" <ffml at chez-vrolet.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 8:00 PM
Subject: Re: [FFML] Question about how to keep the text as is after 
submitted


> I'm with Arthur on this one. I've long since moved on to HTML and DOC 
> files
> for my stories since it's better told with formatting. I keep PDF versions
> on my site for anyone who wishes to read them. For the very, very select 
> few
> who insist on reading in ASCII, it's trivial for them to copy the text and
> paste it into a plain text file for their offline reading.
>
> My prose is formatted on Fanfiction.net, so if you want to see it visible
> from a web browser, I keep copies of my stories there as well.
>
> It's 2008, not 1988. Why doesn't a mailing list that celebrates the 
> written
> word not allow those words to be shown in the way the writer intended them
> to appear?
>
> Becky
>
> My cell phone supports formatting...
>
>> On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Dennis Carr
>> <dennisthetiger at chez-vrolet.net> wrote:
>>> The point is that I run the list like this because the vast majority of
>>> us like it like this, but moreover, *I* like it like this.  This is
>>> pretty much how the list will run.  If UTF-8 is broken on list, no
>>> problem, I'll fix it - it's trivial, and is characters.  But HTML and
>>> RTF will remain formata non grata on this list, and we ask that you
>>> adhere to that request.
>>>
>>> -Dennis
>>> (list op)
>>
>> Which is pretty much why the mailing list is dying. I won't post here
>> for actual stories anymore and I know I'm not the only one.
>>
>> In a time when you should be looking to add value and features, we get
>> "don't need no stinking change."
>
>
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