From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/65687 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Why won't gnus display certain messages Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 08:51:41 +0900 Message-ID: <87pryb5ape.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <87k5onc5m4.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <877ikj477g.fsf@jidanni.org> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1195170744 4894 80.91.229.12 (15 Nov 2007 23:52:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:52:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ding@gnus.org To: jidanni@jidanni.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M14184@lists.math.uh.edu Fri Nov 16 00:52:28 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IsoVY-0001pb-Hr for ding-account@gmane.org; Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:52:28 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1IsoV0-0003iv-Q9; Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:51:54 -0600 Original-Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1IsoUz-0003ii-LO for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:51:53 -0600 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IsoUt-0003CM-SJ for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:51:53 -0600 Original-Received: from smtp02.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.72]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1IsoUp-0003cQ-00 for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:51:43 +0100 Original-Received: from 203-216-100-114.dsl.gol.ne.jp ([203.216.100.114] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp02.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1IsoUp-0000Wk-2r; Fri, 16 Nov 2007 08:51:43 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id AD58F2FF6; Fri, 16 Nov 2007 08:51:41 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: <877ikj477g.fsf@jidanni.org> (jidanni@jidanni.org's message of "Fri\, 16 Nov 2007 03\:52\:35 +0800") Original-Lines: 14 X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-Spam-Score: -2.5 (--) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:65687 Archived-At: jidanni@jidanni.org writes: > MB> The real problem of course is that the software that sent the message > MB> screwed up big-time by including an unusable text alternative. > > Sure hope gnus has facilities to detect such, and roll with the punches. A good solution, for instance, would be for Gnus to automatically send a reply to the message saying "Your mail program is broken, you dimwit! Change to a new one before I come up there and bust your sorry ass!" -Miles -- Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.