> The reality is that the world, given the ubiquity of broadband and graphical interfaces, has moved on from plain text.
> It is no longer the standard and has not been for a decade or more- most Internet users have, I suspect, no knowledge
> of this old standard any longer. Expecting others to accommodate what is now an out of date standard will simply
> continue to create issues. It's like expecting web developers to accommodate lynx in creating Web pages- probably
> not going to happen very often.
>
> One can choose to use text-only software but at this point we are responsible for our own problems if we do.
> The world has changed and left us behind.
I agree, 400%! But realise this is a mailing list run on ancient "mailman" software, which doesn't cope well with the HTML format when things are quoted. You should always try not to use fancy features like colour and font-styles, which are likely not to work for most users and especially not in the digests and list history. But the slow internet connection issue is not really a problem for emails, even at the snail-like speed of 1.6GBs.
To be honest, I'd suggest you ignore the people that whinge about HTML emails, top-posting, etc. For the 20-something years I've been using the internet there's always been pedantic arses on mailing lists that would rather beat people up about the format of emails and people's grammar and spelling than answer the damn question.
Chris