From ed3375d5dacd7bd979fd0f7c318986a823013652d58d481282f267b03796e843 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nicholas Johnson Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Subject: Convert refs: website-use-plaintext-email --- content/entry/website-use-plaintext-email.md | 8 +------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/entry/website-use-plaintext-email.md b/content/entry/website-use-plaintext-email.md index 38967cd..b43c801 100644 --- a/content/entry/website-use-plaintext-email.md +++ b/content/entry/website-use-plaintext-email.md @@ -2,9 +2,8 @@ title: "[Website] Use Plaintext Email" date: 2022-09-28T00:00:00 draft: false -makerefs: false --- -In October of 2020, I wrote "Using Email"[1], an entry about how to get the most out of email. If I rewrote it today, I'd mention the email guide at the website useplaintext.email[2], which teaches good email etiquette. +In October of 2020, I wrote "[Using Email](/2020/10/29/using-email/)", an entry about how to get the most out of email. If I rewrote it today, I'd mention the email guide at the website [useplaintext.email](https://useplaintext.email), which teaches good email etiquette. A lot of what is considered good etiquette just boils down to pointless and often oppressive cultural expectations. For instance, not putting your elbows on the dinner table, excusing others for sneezing, asking a woman's parents for permission to marry her, and store clerks being forced to stand rather than sit. @@ -15,8 +14,3 @@ My email client intentionally doesn't render HTML since I don't believe there's I don't mind getting emails from people who don't follow email etiquette as long as the emails are in plaintext and written in English or Spanish. What bugs me is getting HTML-only emails with so much HTML I can't even find the relevant information. These kinds of emails usually come from businesses/online services. Usually I can grep the right keywords to find what I need, but sometimes not. I hope email etiquette becomes more standard so these inconveniences go away. Since most users stick to program defaults, I think the burden is mostly on developers of email clients and email server administrators to make this change. - - -Link(s): -[1: Using Email](/2020/10/29/using-email/) -[2: Use Plaintext Email](https://useplaintext.email) -- cgit v1.2.3