Many email programs send HTML messages as two part MIME email, one in 
regular text and one in html.  Often the list server doesn't actually do 
any conversion, it simply strips any disallowed mime types, such as 
HTML, leaving the text only mime type.

Another list I'm on says "[Non-text portions of this message have been 
removed]" when it runs into one of these mime types.

Of course, if anyone is using an email program that only sends HTML and 
doesn't include a regular text version their messages will be blank.

If the piclist wants to support beginners stripping HTML would be the 
best balance between the two extremes. 

-Adam

Olin Lathrop wrote:

>Russell McMahon wrote:
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>>Old was also able to forward HTML.
>>Preferred format is of course plain text.
>>May be time for eg James to issue a reminder?
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>Better yet, can the new server reject HTML messages outright?
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