On 9/15/17 11:44 AM, Brian Kantor wrote:
Data point: of the 700 subscribers to the 44net list, 200 are receiving the digest version, and as of a few hours ago, NONE of those have selected the MIME version according to the Mailman list-members utility.
Yea, it needs to be setup as a default; you select digest, you get MIME by default. Change it back if you prefer plain text.
I'd have thought a few would be. There is no way to tell how many (if any) may have tried MIME and have returned to the plain (non-MIME) digest version.
My experience has shown it needs to be a default, and it "just works" for 99% of the people. Few users are using Mutt/pine/etc. and those who are know how to reply to a list properly.
I know thunderbird, eudora and kmail handle it fine.
I'm not sure how outlook handles it, but no one expects outlook lusers to participate on a mailing list without issue.
I believe some mail readers have the ability to unpack a non-MIME digest but I couldn't name which ones they are off-hand.
The plain text version loses the meta-data, and is really not intended to be anything other than a passive view of the list.