Re: Dual content (text/plain and text/html) on xen-devel (was Re: Linux PV domU with >1 vCPU never resumes after xl save/restore)

On 05.08.2026 14:15, George Dunlap wrote:
> You're asking every person who sends an email to xen-devel to remember to
> take an action before sending the mail

You're by far not the first one to be asked this; you're the first one to
have an issue with being asked, beyond some companies' IT getting in the
way. (As to the latter point, I'm already combining my observations on
xen-devel@ with those elsewhere.)

> (or to send *all* mail as
> text/plain, even if it's not to xen-devel),

By default, that is. MUAs may or may not offer options to control this in
the course of composing a message.

> because your MUA isn't handling
> the standard properly.  Is that really reasonable?  Couldn't you tell
> Thunderbird to ignore html and only render text/plain?

Both questions go together: text/plain as the only content is (not just by
us) being asked for because that's the form known to work virtually
everywhere. Wanting your mails to be properly handled at all receiving
ends is - I think - not only reasonable, but also in your own interest?

Jan