\section{Rule number 2: plain text} \begin{frame}{De facto standard I} The Linux kernel mailing list simply rejects any HTML e-mail~\cite{netiquette:lkml}.\vspace{1em} \begin{quote} HTML e-mail - even when it is a multipart mail with a corresponding plain/text section - is unconditionally rejected by mailing lists. \end{quote} \end{frame} \begin{frame}{De facto standard II} The MediaWiki mailing list etiquette prohibits their use~\cite{netiquette:mediawiki}.\vspace{1em} \begin{quote} Don't send HTML email to the list, use text only. Also, don't send dual-format mails containing both text and HTML. \end{quote} \end{frame} \begin{frame}{De facto standard III} And the curl maintainer really hates them~\cite{netiquette:curl}.\vspace{1em} \begin{quote} Please switch off those HTML encoded messages. You can mail all those \textbf{funny mails} to your friends.\vspace{0.5em} \textbf{We speak plain text mails}. \end{quote} \end{frame} \begin{frame}{How to (Thunderbird)} \centering \includegraphics[scale=0.35]{target/slides-thunderbird-plain-text.png} \end{frame} \begin{frame}{How to (neomutt)} Neomutt sends plain text emails by default. \end{frame}