Why are the svn commit message sent as pure HTML E-mail?

That’s a good suggestion. I’ll pass this on to someone who may have the power to address it.

In the meantime, can you set the sender to your white list so it skips the spam catcher?

Whitelisting is not terribly useful. I bounce pure HTML E-Mail that gets past the spam filter, since there is no real point since I don’t have or use a HTML capable E-Mail client.

You and me both brother.

I’ve argued this endlessly, but facts are facts. HTML email is here to stay. It’s not going away, and most people prefer it. Them’s the breaks.

At least can subversion be configured to send out a multipart/alternitive with a text/html AND a text/plain? Or is it possible to just disable the E-mail notification altogether? *I* can probably live without it (well I already effectively live without it).

Disabling: No. We want plugin authors to get notified when their plugin changes.

Alternative: Maybe. I don’t know what code is sending that mail. I’ll ask.

Disabling: No. We want plugin authors to get notified when their plugin changes.

Given that I don’t/can’t read pure HTML E-Mail, I am not being notified when my plugin changes. So long as the notification code sends out pure HTML E-Mail it is, for all practical purposes, not serving its purpose and is effectively a complete waste of bandwidth (again, as far as I am concerned).

I bounce pure HTML E-Mail that gets past the spam filter…

Edit THAT bounce. I don’t know what you’re using, but a simple ‘if HTML content and NOT *www.remarpro.com, then turf.’ would do it.

Edit THAT bounce. I don’t know what you’re using, but a simple ‘if HTML content and NOT *www.remarpro.com, then turf.’ would do it.

That would only be worthwhile if I used an E-Mail client that handled HTML messages. I don’t use such an E-Mail client. It is tiresome to manually decode HTML and not worth my time to bother.

You don’t have to be able to read HTML email to know that you’ve received an email from www.remarpro.com.

So if you didn’t make a commit but you receive such an email you’ll know that something might be suspicious, even if you can’t read the actual content of the message.

That fonglh said.

I totally understand you can’t read the email, but if you get an email, the SUBJECT line will be useful to know that you edited a plugin. Or not.

<blockquote>I totally understand you can't read the email, but if you get an email, the SUBJECT line will be useful to know that you edited a plugin. Or not. </blockquote>Ugly.

Option 1) Ugly messages but at LEAST you know if you get one, it means your plugin was updated AND if you did not update it yourself, something’s wrong.

Option 2) Do nothing and if something bad happens, know that we DID try to find some compromise while Otto’s trying to code you a solution.

I’m not saying you’re not right, I’m saying that since we DO NOT have an answer right now that satisfies you 100%, perhaps you could meet us half-way ?? I hate HTML emails too, but as Otto pointed out, it’s a fight we’re losing, so concessions must be made :/

*I* still think it is *wrong* for the subversion commit messages to be sent as pure-HTML messages. *Every* *other* E-Mail generated by either WordPress sites or by the www.remarpro.com website are either plain text or include a plain text alternitive: from new user registrations, comment moderation notices, to E-Mails about replys to www.remarpro.com support formums. *Only* the svn commit messages are pure-HTML. This is just plain wrong and it is a *glaring* inconsistency.

And *I* would be willing to fix it.

I agree (which is why I went and got Otto for you). It SHOULD be an option. But until it IS, I am offering you some ideas as a TEMPORARY workaround.

Stop being hung up on how much it sucks man. It does, you’re right, Otto already said he’d look at it. He’s in San Francisco right now, at WordCamp SF, so you may have to wait a couple days.

Alternative: Maybe. I don’t know what code is sending that mail. I’ll ask.

So as soon as they sort THAT out, we should have some kind of answer. Till then, it’s a make-do situation ??