5.8.3 External body parts failing?

[Chris Shenton <chris@shenton.org>]

I use gnus-5.8.3 and am trying to create a MIME message with an
external body part, like one on a remote FTP server. I use
mml-attach-external and specify a file like
"/ftp@ftp.gnus.org:/pub/foo.bar". I send and when it arrives in my
inbox, gnus renders it like:


    From: Chris Shenton <cshenton@uucom.com>
    Subject: 3 ext
    To: cshenton
    Date: 27 Mar 2000 14:16:15 -0500

    It appears to have invoked ANGE FTP to get this file oddly.

    [2. message/external-body; README.TXT]...


I use "b" to save the file to /tmp but it only contains:

    Content-Type: text/plain
    Content-ID: <lfr9cww7eo.fsf@Samizdat.uucom.com>
    Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary



The inbox file looks like the following:

    X-From-Line: cshenton@uucom.com  Mon Mar 27 14:16:15 2000
    Received: (from cshenton@localhost)
            by Samizdat.uucom.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id OAA29610;
            Mon, 27 Mar 2000 14:16:15 -0500 (EST)
    To: cshenton
    Subject: 3 ext
    From: Chris Shenton <cshenton@uucom.com>
    Date: 27 Mar 2000 14:16:15 -0500
    X-Gnus-Mail-Source: directory:/export/home/cshenton/ProcMail/
    Message-ID: <lfsnxcw7eo.fsf@Samizdat.uucom.com>
    MIME-Version: 1.0
    Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=-=-="
    Lines: 18
    Xref: Samizdat.uucom.com in.cshenton:16233

    --=-=-=

    It appears to have invoked ANGE FTP to get this file oddly.


    --=-=-=
    Content-Type: message/external-body;
      name="/ftp@ftp.freebsd.org:/pub/FreeBSD/README.TXT";
      access-type=local-file

    Content-Type: text/plain
    Content-ID: <lfr9cww7eo.fsf@Samizdat.uucom.com>
    Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary



    --=-=-=--

Note that it indicates access-type=local-file, which seems odd. Am I
doing something wrong?