[OT] In defense of Google

[Paul Lussier]

"Michael ODonnell" <michael.odonnell at comcast.net> writes:

> ...and I don't know if anybody else is having trouble,
> but my mailer (EXMH) seems to conclude that the only
> suitable font is one which is basically unreadably small,
> some 2-point typeface or something.  Now, I understand that
> it can be argued that my mailer is hosed, but it could also
> be argued that it's weird and unconventional for your mailer
> to be specifying your messages as requiring a UTF-8 font.
> Could you maybe not do that?    Please...?      Thanks.

Mike,

Though I've switched away from (ex)mh, I do recall setting this in my
exmh-defaults file:

  *mime_alternative_prefs:        text/plain text/richtext text/html
  *seditDefaultType:              text/plain

So, if he's sending e-mail wrapped in a mime part, this may do the
trick to get it to show up as "plain text" for you.  You should also
be able to configure exmh to display a better font when it sees mail
like this.

-- 

Seeya,
Paul