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>>>>> "Jake" == Jake Colman <colman@ppllc.com> writes:

Jake> But why is this necessary?  Is this the way it us _supposed_ to
Jake> work?  If pressing 'i' allows me to see the message, that's
Jake> great.  I'd just like to understand what is going on?

Gnus does not display it, because Gnus does not know what the content
of attachment actually is.  Content-type application/octet-stream is
"a catch-all type, this is the most widely abused MIME content-type".

If the sender want to you to read the attachment, message/rfc822,
instead of application/octet-stream, should be used as content-type
just like what Gnus does, but some MUAs use the later.

Pressing 'i' on MIME button forces the attachment show as plain text.
I guess it is the last easy resort.

-- 
Shenghuo ZHU