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

[Gandalf The Green]

I'm not afraid of viruses or other forms of malware. I keep my virus
scanners well updated. Let's see, how many times have I gotten a virus in my
email? None. I use Office/Outlook for my email client. I use AVG as my
anti-virus. I've received many messages that were obviously forgeries
containing binaries that I didn't even bother running past AVG because they
were from people I didn't know. Also, keeping to 'text only' is no guarantee
that you won't get a virus from email. The only way to do that is to not
open attachments. If you have your email client set up correctly, as I do,
even html isn't all that big a threat, malware wise.

I'd be more annoyed with spam, and that's far more prevalent than malware.
Since this list sees very little spam, I'm unconcerned, security wise, if
the list went to html. We just aren't good enough to be a target anymore.
Hell, even in the lists that I frequent that are big targets for nefarious
purposes, like the HP lists, I rarely see any viruses there... It's usually
just spam, and spammers get kicked just as fast.



Rule 1: People Are Stupid!
1a: It's not my Fault!
1b: I just wish people wouldn't try so hard to prove Rule 1. 

-----Original Message-----
From: 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>


> 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."