Re: Content-type: text/plain

[Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com>]

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@quimbies.gnus.org> writes:

> The MML code doesn't usually insert the default content type because
> that would be kinda redundant.  But more importantly, it makes the
> MIME look uglier than it has to, which I think is kinda yucky.  There
> are people out there still living in caves without a MIME-capable mail
> reader, and we should keep things as nice as possible for them.
>
> The only problem is that Microsoft Outlook doesn't understand MIME
> standards, so it gets all confused by parts that don't have a
> Content-Type header.
>
> So the question is: Insert or not?  Do or dump?

Exactly what happens in Outlook when a part doesn't have a
Content-Type header?

Is there a suitable variable for these kind of workarounds?  E.g.,
(add-to-list 'mml-workarounds 'always-add-content-type).  IMHO, it
should be customizable regardless of what the default is.