From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/53813 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: iMeowbot Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Ist multipart/mixed really correct? Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 14:36:42 -0400 Organization: uJane Sender: ding-owner@lists.math.uh.edu Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1061824498 26978 80.91.224.253 (25 Aug 2003 15:14:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 15:14:58 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ding-owner+M2353@lists.math.uh.edu Mon Aug 25 17:14:57 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19rJ3Y-0000LK-00 for ; Mon, 25 Aug 2003 17:14:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by malifon.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 19rIuN-0005j6-00; Mon, 25 Aug 2003 10:05:27 -0500 Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com ([64.157.176.121]) by malifon.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 19qzjJ-0003Oz-00 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Sun, 24 Aug 2003 13:36:45 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail 85029 invoked by alias); 24 Aug 2003 18:36:44 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 85023 invoked from network); 24 Aug 2003 18:36:44 -0000 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org (80.91.224.244) by sclp3.sclp.com with SMTP; 24 Aug 2003 18:36:44 -0000 Original-Received: from news by quimby.gnus.org with local (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 19qzoT-0002xi-00 for ; Sun, 24 Aug 2003 20:42:05 +0200 Original-To: ding@gnus.org Original-Path: iMeowbot Original-Newsgroups: gnus.ding Original-Lines: 20 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-151-199-41-186.bos.east.verizon.net Original-X-Trace: quimby.gnus.org 1061750525 11389 151.199.41.186 (24 Aug 2003 18:42:05 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@quimby.gnus.org Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 24 Aug 2003 18:42:05 GMT Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.3b1 (PPC Mac OS X) X-Meow: Wouf X-No-Repost: yes Injector-Info: http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/Tarantula_20injector X-Face: ')Fflcs!^R}Ds420ESFBO$}^v}i=A9jhnT\3.x#V)XnBrjF8FDwO).{#sN<#bI#A0Y-IU>I iz^}DhL#8nvP8,Ef*_4tdZUl#gwDK=7]>l"53tML>J1S8!)4vsDuy8j0]Rx Precedence: bulk Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:53813 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:53813 In article , sigurd@12move.de (Karl Pflasterer) wrote: > from a discussion in another newsgroup about the fact that Gnus under > special circumstances does create multipart postings we thought about > the correct value for the mime header. Are you referring to cases when it mixes character sets? > Gnus declares the posting as multipart/mixed but according to rfc 2046 > multipart/parallel seems to be the correct alternative. WDYT? multipart/parallel is an odd duck. "In particular, in a parallel entity, the order of body parts is not significant." [RFC2046: 5.1.6] Perhaps it might be useful for some kind of multimedia presentation, but such things tend to be bundled into a single entity or get triggered at a higher level like a markup language. multipart/mixed explicitly preserves order, so it's usually what you want.