From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/16302 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kees de Bruin Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Gnus and Emacs 20.3 and MIME Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 15:02:18 +0200 (MET DST) Organization: Tasking Software BV, Amersfoort, The Netherlands Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: <13796.1882.133581.264050@kouvola.tasking.nl> References: <13795.40719.874032.73798@kouvola.tasking.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035155191 26920 80.91.224.250 (20 Oct 2002 23:06:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 23:06:31 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: Original-Received: from gwyn.tux.org (gwyn.tux.org [207.96.122.8]) by altair.xemacs.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id GAA03049 for ; Wed, 26 Aug 1998 06:17:26 -0700 Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu (Sina.HPC.UH.EDU [129.7.3.5]) by gwyn.tux.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA09451 for ; Wed, 26 Aug 1998 09:01:56 -0400 Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu (lists@Sina.HPC.UH.EDU [129.7.3.5]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id IAK02843; Wed, 26 Aug 1998 08:01:49 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Wed, 26 Aug 1998 08:01:32 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (root@sclp3.sclp.com [209.195.19.139]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id IAA02818 for ; Wed, 26 Aug 1998 08:01:20 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from ns.tasking.nl (ns.tasking.nl [195.193.207.2]) by sclp3.sclp.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA07350 for ; Wed, 26 Aug 1998 09:01:15 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: (from root@localhost) by ns.tasking.nl (8.8.4/8.6.12) id PAA20047 for ; Wed, 26 Aug 1998 15:00:13 +0200 (MET DST) Original-Received: by ns.tasking.nl via smap (V1.3) id sma019602; Wed, 26 Aug 98 14:58:55 +0200 Original-Received: from kouvola.tasking.nl by empoli.tasking.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.1.8.2/23Dec97-1135AM) id AA31896; Wed, 26 Aug 1998 15:02:20 +0200 Original-Received: (from bruin@localhost) by kouvola.tasking.nl (8.8.5/8.6.9) id PAA10158; Wed, 26 Aug 1998 15:02:19 +0200 X-Authentication-Warning: kouvola.tasking.nl: bruin set sender to kees_de_bruin@tasking.com using -f Original-To: ding@gnus.org In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: VM 6.61 under Emacs 20.3.1 Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:16302 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:16302 Hrvoje Niksic writes: > Kees de Bruin writes: > > > I only hear people talking about TM for handling MIME, but what > > about the way MIME is handled in VM. Mainly because of the full > > integration of the MIME support in VM, the user doesn't have to > > configure anything at all and it still works as expected. > > True. I would recommend to Lars to look at VM's MIME support and see > if he likes that. Implementing something similar (at least at the UI > level) would be a *very* good start. In a private discussion with Steinar Bang I promised to post a list of MIME functions the VM mail reader supports. The VM mail reader has support for MIME since version 6.xx and, as far as I know, in the current version of VM (6.61) the following MIME capabilities are present (or at least used by me): MIME encoding: - Attachments are possible with whatever encoding the user wants. Also, based on the extension of the file, VM can guess the correct encoding to use. No mailcap/mimetypes support. - Encoding can be done using internal ELisp functions, or via external programs. - Sending multiple messages as a single MIME digest. MIME decoding: - The user can configure what MIME types should be displayed inline (meaning that it is either displayed in a buffer or directly via an external program). - For non-inline MIME types buttons are generated the user can use to save the MIME part to a file, or open it in some external viewer. - Alternative display of MIME messages: plain text (no conversions), using inline display, or all buttons. - Handling of multipart messages (am I correct here, I never tried this). - Decoding can be done using internal ELisp functions, or via external programs. - Handling of MIME digests. I have probably missed some other MIME functions, but the above are the things I use regularly. If there are other that use VM maybe they can update the above list. Greetings, -- Kees de Bruin Software Engineer --------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-mail: kees_de_bruin@tasking.com Tasking Software BV Voice: +31-33-455 85 84 Plotterweg 31 Fax: +31-33-455 00 03 3821 BB Amersfoort WWW: http://www.tasking.com The Netherlands --[ In memory, everything seems to happen to music -- Tennessee Williams ]-