Re: (not downloaded, A C to fetch.) on empty part

[Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>]

"Tassilo Horn" <tsdh@gnu.org> writes:

>> nnimap is the only backend that supports partial fetching of articles,
>> right?
>
> I think so, yes.
>
>> I wonder how hard it would be to detect an empty part and say
>> that, instead.
>
> Easy. That's actually the only information I have where the text "not
> downloaded, A C to fetch" is added to the button. I could have also
> said "empty part, go figure". So my text is actually an interpretation
> of why the part is empty and as such can be wrong.

Thanks, that's good to know.

Adam Sjøgren <asjo@koldfront.dk> writes:

> Eric writes:
>
>> "Tassilo Horn" <tsdh@gnu.org> writes:
>
>>>>>   [1. text/html (not downloaded, A C to fetch.)]
>
>>> I added that to any mail containing an empty part because a partial
>>> fetch seemed to be the only reason for encountering such a part except
>>> for a broken mail and then this text is as good as any other.
>
> I'm not sure I agree with that. However:
>
>> Anyhow, no big emergency.
>
> with this I do; it's a tiny detail - I was just surprised by the text :-)

Yes, though I guess I still think it's worth fixing. I suppose if we
have access to gnus-newsgroup-name here we can check if it's nnimap and
change the text accordingly (maybe double-check
nnimap-fetch-partial-articles as well). Let's see who gets to it first!