Re: [Evolution] How to set the default text color

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Fri, 2019-08-16 at 20:52 +0200, Gary Curtin wrote:
> On 16/08/2019 19:02, Ralf Mardorf via evolution-list wrote:
> > No, it isn't. You should expect that a lot of FreeBSD and Linux users
> > don't use a GUI MUA at all. Even some Evolution users might be in favour
> > of Evolutions option "Show plain text if present or HTML source".
> > I don't claim that nobody cares about HTML. A lot of people display HTML
> > formatted mails, but you can't rely on it and you should be aware that
> > they don't look the same on all computers.
>
> Yes it is. You are presuming that the global majority are using
> unformatted text. There may be a few FreeBSD and Linux users not using a
> GUI, but how can you think they are setting the trend and that this is
> where 21st century messaging is at? 2019 is all about dynamic content,
> not plain text.

No-one is using Evolution outside of a GUI, for obvious reasons, yet
many people on this list (including myself) have a strong preference
for plain-text email and tend to ignore the HTML version where
possible. I know we are a minority. (We also don't like top-posting and
we're in a minority on that front as well, but there are well-founded
reasons for this and we're not going to give them up any time soon.)

> Whatever the case, it is commendable that Greg want's to assure that his
> messages are going to be effortlessly formatted when using Evolution. It
> is quite something for you to tell him that he shouldn't expect his
> recipients to "care about the HTML formatting at all."

I would agree with that. I think Evo has to accommodate itself to user
expectations where practical.

poc